elicit user input to define save path

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Tue, 07/02/2013 - 02:29 pm

Hello,

I would like to make the function below save all waves to a path I define without asking each time for the folder for each wave.
Thanks for your time.

 

Function SaveWavesFromCurrentDF(matchStr)

String matchStr

    String list
    list = Wavelist(matchstr,";","")
    NewPath/O pathUserSelected, "C:Users"
    Save/O/C/W/I/B /P= pathUserSelected list

End
The /I flag tells Save to display a dialog so remove that.

Set the path to a folder for which you have write access. In my case "C:Users:Howard" works.

July 2, 2013 at 05:45 pm - Permalink

Hello,

I don't want to remove the dialog box because I would like the user to choose where to save the waves. When I remove the I/ flag then the save location has to be prespecified in the script which I don't want, because it will change.

July 2, 2013 at 06:45 pm - Permalink

I think what you are saying is that you want the user to choose the folder once and save all of the waves there. If that is the case then do this:

Function SaveWavesFromCurrentDF(matchStr)
    String matchStr
 
    String list
    list = Wavelist(matchstr,";","")
    Variable numWaves = ItemsInList(list)
    if (numWaves == 0)
        Print "No waves matched"
        return -1
    endif

    NewPath /O pathUserSelected         // Let the user choose the path
    if (V_flag != 0)
        Print "Cancelled"
        return -1               // User cancelled
    endif
   
    Save/O/C/W/B /P=pathUserSelected list

    Printf "%d waves saved\r", numWaves
   
    return 0        // Success
End

July 2, 2013 at 07:24 pm - Permalink