choose_file

choose_file

Description

Opens the Choose File dialog that lets you browse the hierarchy and select a file. The full path to the file is returned by the command. You can use this command in a Tcl script to interactively choose a file and then use the returned string as the input for another command.

Arguments

None

Value Returned

s_fileName	Returns the full path to the selected file.
-1	No file was chosen.

Examples

The following command in a Tcl script lets you interactively choose an annotations file to open.

read_annotations -file [ choose_file ]

Related Topics

File Commands

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