i’m making the UI for my tool now and i want to let the user select a directory that will be the export directory.  i can only find the getOpenFileName command, which lets you select a file.  does anyone know if there’s a similar function but for selecting a directory?

- Howard Hsu http://www.linkedin.com/in/howardab234

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howardab234 02 February 2009 06:49 PM

i’m making the UI for my tool now and i want to let the user select a directory that will be the export directory.  i can only find the getOpenFileName command, which lets you select a file.  does anyone know if there’s a similar function but for selecting a directory?

getSavePath()

Documented at the bottom of the SAME page where getOpenFileName() is! :)

Borislav “Bobo” Petrov

wow thanks!  i can’t believe i missed it… ok back to r’ing the fm…

- Howard Hsu http://www.linkedin.com/in/howardab234

Now using:
Windows XP 64 Pro v2003 SP2 (yes XP64 is still around)
Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
2GB RAM
NVidia GeForce 8800 GTX

Max 2008 x64
Maya 2008 64
MotionBuilder 7.5