How to Create a File Browser Using Ansys UI Toolkit?

Vishnu
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edited August 3 in Structures

You can create a file browser or a Folder browser using Ansys UI Toolkit or Windows Forms using clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")

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  • Vishnu
    Vishnu Member, Employee Posts: 187
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    You can create a file browser or a Folder browser using Ansys UI Toolkit.

    Below is an example of File browser.

    def FileBrowser():
 import clr
 clr.AddReference("Ans.UI.Toolkit")
 import Ansys.UI.Toolkit
 DefaultFolder = r'D:'
 FilePath =Ansys.UI.Toolkit.FileDialog.ShowOpenFilesDialog(Ansys.UI.Toolkit.Dialog(),DefaultFolder,'Sample Excel File(s)|*.xlsx',0,'Select File',None)
 if str(FilePath[0]) == 'OK':
    return list(FilePath[1])[0]
FilePath=FileBrowser()

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  • Pernelle Marone-Hitz
    Pernelle Marone-Hitz Member, Moderator, Employee Posts: 595
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    ExtAPI.UserInterface.UIRenderer.ShowFileOpenDialog()

    can also be used.

  • Mike.Thompson
    Mike.Thompson Member, Employee Posts: 158
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    This is another example with some more robust options for file save vs. open, multiple file selection, type filters, default directory, etc….

    FileSelectorGUI.py

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