SELECTFILE$ opens the Windows file dialogue and returns the file selected

Syntax

SELECTFILE$(DialogueTitle$, Dir$, Filter$)

Arguments

• DialogueTitle$ contains a string with the title or "Caption" of the file dialogue
• Dir$ contains the first path where to look for files, e.g.: "\\Ma013srv\Data" or "C:\Program Files\Quaestor\Data". "NullString" can be provided if the file should be selected in the current Report directory (see Directory structure

• Filter$ contains the file filter set for the dialogue, e.g.: 

  "Telitab Files (*.qdb)|*.qdb|External Process Output Files (*.epo)|*.epo" or "MMS data Files (*.mms)|*.mms"

  
  

  
  

Remarks

1. If the dialogue is closed by "Cancel", "NullString" is returned by SELECTFILE$
2. The file dialogue can also be invoked to assign a value to a string variable using the following meta command (attribute) in the data slot of the parameter:

@FILEDIALOGUE 
DialogueTitle$ 
Dir$ 
Filter$

Examples

Selection from a list of different types

SELECTFILE$("Open the relevant TeLiTab file or program output...", "C:\Data\", "Telitab Files (*.qdb)|*.qdb|External Process Output Files (*.epo)|*.epo|All Files (*.*)|*.*")

returns a file dialogue with the filters:

• Telitab Files (*.qdb)
• External Process Output Files (*.epo)
• All Files (*.*) 

Selection from groeps of file types

SELECTFILE$("Open the relevant picture...", "C:\Data\", "Image Files(*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF)|*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF|All files (*.*)|*.*")

returns a file dialogue with the filters:

• Image Files(*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF)
• All Files (*.*)

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