GetFile
Opens a file selector to get a filename and path from the user.
getfile
[mode] [PATH name] [FILE
name] [POSBUTTON label] [NEGBUTTON label]</P>
<P>TITLE/s The file selector title.</P>
<P>mode/k The file selector type: LOAD (default) | SAVE.</P>
<P>PATH/s The default file path. Default=last.</P>
<P>FILE/s The default filename to open.</P>
<P>Default=last.</P>
<P>POSBUTTON/s The label for the positive button.</P>
<P>Default=Ok.</P>
<P>NEGBUTTON/s The label for the negative button.</P>
<P>Default=Cancel.</P>
<P><B>Results:</B></P>
<P>If NEGBUTTON is chosen, RC is set to 10. If POSBUTTON is chosen,
RC is set to 0 and the full filepath and name are returned to
RESULT.</P>
<P><B>Notes:</B></P>
<P>The file selector does not support keyboardequivalents for
buttons, so do not use underscores in the button labels.</P>
<P><B>Examples:</B></P>
<PRE>'getfile TITLE "Save a file" save path ram: ยจ
posbutton Save'</PRE>
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<p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>GetFile</span> <span style='font-style:italic;'>Command Definition url:PGScmd/getfile</span><br> <span style='font-style:italic;'>created:2006-03-30 22:20:07 last updated:2008-03-12 11:27:40<br> Copyright © 1985-2024 GrasshopperLLC. All Rights Reserved.</span></p><table class='comment'>
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<tr class='header'><td class='title'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Dan Kilroy</span> wrote...</td><td class='add'>2006-05-04 16:40:21</td></tr>
<tr class='body'><td class='body' colspan='2'><p><span style='font-style:italic;'>Script command submitted from PageStream internal documentation. Needs to be checked and merged with the command documentation above.</span></p>
<p>Gets the {...} .</p>
<p>fullfilepath = <span style='font-weight:bold;'>GetFile</span> ([LOAD | SAVE] [FILE file][PATH path] [TITLE title][POSBUTTON ok] [NEGBUTTON cancel])</p>
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<p><br><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Examples:</span><br><strong>Python:</strong><div style="margin:0px 10px;padding:5px;background-color:#F7F7F7;border:1px solid;width:80%;"> </div><br><strong>ARexx:</strong><div style="margin:0px 10px;padding:5px;background-color:#F7F7F7;border:1px solid;width:80%;"> </div><br><strong>Applescript:</strong><div style="margin:0px 10px;padding:5px;background-color:#F7F7F7;border:1px solid;width:80%;"> </div><br></p>
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