Open multiple files with uigetfile?

[Marcelo Soto Thompson]

Hi everyone,

Is there a way of selecting and opening many files with the uigetfile (or
similar)???

As a workaround I've tried to make a "minibrowser" using listdlg to list the
files and directories in a directory but:
It it possible to have Matlab know which are files and which are
directories?

tnx
/M

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%minibrowser
ok=-1;
while ok ~= 0
d = dir;
wdir=['''' pwd ''''];
str = {d.name};
[selected,ok] = listdlg('PromptString',['Files in ', pwd], 'Name','Select
multiple files:',...
'SelectionMode','multiple','ListString',str);
if ok == 1
if isempty(findstr('.',char(str(selected(1)))))==1 %Does the
file name contain a dot ~= directory!
directory=['''' char(str(selected(1))) '''']
%Add '' in case the dir.name contains a spacechar.
eval(['cd ', directory]);
%Change directory to 'directory'
elseif (selected(1) == 1) | (selected(1) == 2)
cd ..
else
ok=0;
end
end
end
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[Alex Knight]

Hi Marcelo.

Marcelo Soto Thompson wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Is there a way of selecting and opening many files with the uigetfile (or
> similar)???

This is quite a common question! If you search the archives of the group, or
look at user contributed m-files at Mathworks' web site, I believe you will find
several ways of doing it.

> As a workaround I've tried to make a "minibrowser" using listdlg to list the

That's a reasonable approach - especially if you are building your own GUI.

> files and directories in a directory but:
> It it possible to have Matlab know which are files and which are
> directories?

The isdir field of the structure returned by the dir command contains this
information.

HTH

Alex
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[Ghassan Hamarneh]

"Marcelo Soto Thompson" <mar...@fysik.lth.se> wrote in message
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> It it possible to have Matlab know which are files and which are
> directories?

see help DIR
d=dir(...) return a structure with a 'isdir' field: d.isdir

HTH
Ghassan

[Michael Robbins]

> > As a workaround I've tried to make a "minibrowser" using listdlg to
> > list the
> That's a reasonable approach - especially if you are building your own
> GUI.

Soon I will need to select multiple files. I like uigetfile, but it
doesn't allow ctrl-mouseclick or shift-mouseclick selection.

I intend to use an ActiveX control. It should be very simple to
implement.

BTW, TMW really should get this working. Their controls lag those of
the
Windows OS, and probably many others.

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[Michael]

Hi,
I got a mex file (wintel variety) called uigetfiles from someone on this
group (or possibly TMW website) cant remember which but im thinking TMW that
does this very well. It allows shift and ctrl selecting of multiple files
Mic

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[Marcelo Soto Thompson]

Hi,
Hmm, I found it (uigetfiles.dll) on mathworks website today (didn't
yesterday...)

Sorry to have taken your time. Tnx anyway.

/M

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