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Re: open files in some directory [message #32953 is a reply to message #32950]

Mon, 18 November 2002 19:41

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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tom (tom2959@21cn.com) writes:

> Hi, I'd like to open one file in a directory. For example,
> openr,1,'d:\data\1.txt'
> but next time maybe open 2.txt in that directory. I donot want to change the
> code every time. Are there any method when the program excute at openr, a
> window containing the files can jump out and then I can chose files in the
> directory to be opened? Somebody told me Matlab code:
> [fname,fpath]=uigetfile('*.*','Data'), but I donot use Matlab.

How about something like this:

filename = Dialog_Pickfile(Filter='*.txt', Path='D:\Data\')
IF filename EQ "" THEN RETURN
OpenR, lun, filename, /Get_Lun

You shouldn't have to learn MatLab just to read the
name of your data file into your program. :-)

Cheers,

David

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