Prompt user for file

[John Alexander-7]

Hello group,

This might be embarrassingly simple - but ...

I want to prompt the user for a file - but not open it.  I just want the
path and filename.

I want something like getDirectory that returns the directory as a
string.  Something like getFile that would prompt the user with an open
box, they would select a file, and the full path of the file would be
returned.

John


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[Albert Cardona]

> This might be embarrassingly simple - but ...
>
> I want to prompt the user for a file - but not open it.  I just want the
> path and filename.
>  


http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/api/ij/io/OpenDialog.html

http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/api/ij/io/SaveDialog.html

The macro language has similar options:

http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html#F

*File.openDialog(title)* - Displays a file open dialog and returns the
path to the file choosen by the user (example
<http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/macros/OpenDialogDemo.txt>). The macro exits
if the user cancels the dialog. Requires 1.39d.


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Albert Cardona
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