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Open Selected Files

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
November 25, 2020
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I know how to open a single file from a dialog (code snippet):

var selectFile = app.openDialog();

I also know how to open a folder and get all the files in that top-level folder (code snippet):

var selectFolder = Folder.selectDialog("select folder");

However, I can't find or work out how to have the user select multiple files (but not all files). Can somebody please enlighten me? Thank you in advance!

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Correct answer Shulipa Bernad

A few weeks ago I needed this feature and found something that solved my problem on a javascript forum on the internet.
For me he decided:

selectFile = File.openDialog("please select files", Multiselect = true);
alert(decodeURI(selectFile))

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Manoj32824813540j

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Please send me a screen recording

Stephen Marsh

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Please send me a screen recording

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Shulipa BernadCorrect answer

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A few weeks ago I needed this feature and found something that solved my problem on a javascript forum on the internet.
For me he decided:

selectFile = File.openDialog("please select files", Multiselect = true);
alert(decodeURI(selectFile))

Stephen Marsh

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Community Expert

Thank you Shulipa Bernad for your reply!

You wouldn't believe how many hours it took me to make that work, I don't "know" JS so it can take me some time and a lot of frustration to get there!

The following appears to work on both Mac and Win:

selectFile = File.openDialog("Please select the file/s:", Multiselect = true);

for (var i = 0; i < selectFile.length; i++) {
    var openFiles = app.open(File(selectFile[i]));
}

My next stumbling block is getting .sort to work correctly...

c.pfaffenbichler

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What kind of array are you trying to sort?

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Does this help?

var aFile = selectFile(true)
alert (aFile.join("\n"));
////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////
////// select file //////
function selectFile (multi) {
if (multi == true) {var theString = "please select files"}
else {var theString = "please select one file"};
if ($.os.search(/windows/i) != -1) {var theFiles = File.openDialog (theString, '*.jpg;*.tif;*.psd;*.png', multi)}
else {var theFiles = File.openDialog (theString, getFiles, multi)};
////// filter files  for mac //////
function getFiles (theFile) {
    if (theFile.name.match(/\.(jpg|tif|psd|png)$/i) || theFile.constructor.name == "Folder") {
        return true
        };
	};
return theFiles
};

Stephen Marsh

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Community Expert

Thank you, it might help when I can give it some time, I'm going to have to work at it though as it is not "out of the box". At least I can see that unlike opening a file or a folder full of files, it is not cross-platform and is more complex than 1-3 lines of code.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

If you only work on one platform you can limit the code considerably, on windows it comes down to

var theFiles = File.openDialog (theString, '*.jpg;*.tif;*.psd;*.png', true)

I guess.

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