R/OpenGUI.R

In Eagle: Multiple Locus Association Mapping on a Genome-Wide Scale

#' @title Browser-based Graphical User Interface
#' @description Opens a web browser to act as a user-friendly interface to 'Eagle'
#' @details
#' Once \code{OPenGUI} is run, your default web-browser will open automatically the Eagle GUI. We have written our GUI in html code. 
#' The GUI allows users to input data files, analyse data, summarise findings, and view results via interactive plots. We 
#' have designed the GUI for users whom may be unfamilar with R and wishing to avoid having to write R code.  
#'
#'
#' Note, that even though a web browser is being used as the user interface, everything remains local to the computer. 
#' @examples
#'\dontrun{
#'# opens a web browser 
#' OpenGUI()
#'}
#'
OpenGUI <- function() {
  appDir <- system.file('shiny_app', package = 'Eagle')
  if (appDir == "") {
    message("Could not find shiny-app directory. Try re-installing `Eagle` package.")
    return(NULL)
  }

  shinyAppDir(appDir, options=list(port = 3838))
}