filechooser

Opens a file chooser and prints the chosen file.

Usages

Asks the user to select a file via the file browser. The result is printed to the textport, and can be assigned to a variable.

`-d dir`	Sets the directory the browser starts in.
`-m`	Allow the user to select multiple files.
`-n name`	Sets the name of the browser, visible in the dialog title bar.
`-p file_pattern`	Sets the initial file pattern, so that only files matching that pattern are shown. `` and `?` wildcards are supported. For example, `.hip`, `shot2_*`.
`-s`	Allow file sequences to grouped as sequences and not individual files (`foo1.pic`, `foo2.pic`, `foo3.pic`: `foo$F.pic`).
`-t filetype`	Show only files of the given type. `filetype` can be one of: hip – Houdini HIP files otl – Digital Asset libraries pic – Image files geo – Geometry files lut – LUT (lookup table) files cmd – Script files chan – Channel files clip – Channel and Audio files sim – Simulation files simd – Simulation data files i3d – 3D Image files midi – MIDI music files

set myfile = `run("filechooser -t pic")`