GetFile: GUI: Select File to Open or Save As

In RSurvey: Geographic Information System Application

Description

A graphical user interface (GUI) for selecting files to open or save.

Usage

GetFile(cmd = c("Open", "Save As"), file = NULL, exts = NULL,
  initialdir = NULL, initialfile = NULL, defaultextension = NULL,
  win.title = cmd, multi = FALSE, parent = NULL)

Arguments

cmd	character. Specifies whether an "Open" or "Save As" file management pop up dialog box is implemented.
file	character. File name that the data are to be read from. Alternatively, file can be a readable text-mode connection.
exts	character. Vector of default file extensions.
initialdir	character. Files in this directory will be displayed in the dialog box.
initialfile	character. File name to display in the dialog box.
defaultextension	character. String appended to the file name if the user enters a file name without an extension.
win.title	character. String to display as the title of the dialog box.
multi	logical. If true, multiple files may be selected.
parent	tkwin. GUI parent window

Value

If multi is false, returns the file path as a character object with the following attributes:

directory	directory containing the file
name	file name
extension	file extension
type	file type

Otherwise, a list is returned containing a object of class character for each file.

Author(s)

J.C. Fisher, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Water Science Center

Examples

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  GetFile()

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RSurvey documentation built on May 2, 2019, 3:28 p.m.