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Re: can i read multiple files? [message #50257 is a reply to message #50196]

Thu, 21 September 2006 11:31

Braedley
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zircola wrote:
> it is fine, but i wanted to do it automatically not that i have to
> select the file individually. I want to read the file do the action and
> again read another file do the same action and read another file and do
> the same action and so on in the same procedure. My files are in same
> format and same data attributes but different data set. How can this be
> done?

My appologies if this caused confusion. Dialog_Pickfile should be used
when the you want the user to select a file (or directory) to open. If
there is a need to get the user to open more than one file, then
include the multiple keyword. If instead you don't want the user to
have any choice in the matter, you can either hard code the files into
the code (in your case, in the form of an array) or use file_search
like David suggested to find files in a directory that match a certain
criterion. In either case, you'll still probably use a loop to keep
your code more flexible.

I only suggested using dialog_pickfile because often use it during
development stages so I can test many different data files without
changing the program. It's only after I've added a shell program to do
batch processing (once I know the main program is working) that I stop
making calls to dialog_pickfile.

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		can i read multiple files? By: zircola on Mon, 18 September 2006 17:46
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: David Fanning on Thu, 21 September 2006 19:46
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: zircola on Mon, 25 September 2006 00:07
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: zircola on Thu, 21 September 2006 18:05
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 21 September 2006 12:53
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: Braedley on Thu, 21 September 2006 11:31
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 September 2006 21:22
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: zircola on Tue, 19 September 2006 20:38
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: zircola on Tue, 19 September 2006 20:18
		Re: can i read multiple files? By: Braedley on Tue, 19 September 2006 05:08

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