# Prompt the user for filepath

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prompt-the-user-for-filepath/8486>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 22, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prompt-the-user-for-filepath/8486 "2014-05-22T14:03:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ivan)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prompt-the-user-for-filepath/8486/1 "2014-05-22T14:03:58Z")

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Hello,

Is there a way to open a prompt that lets the user run through local folders and select a file, then return the filepath? I’d like to use that in conjunction with T-SQL OPEN ROWSET function.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prompt-the-user-for-filepath/8486/2 "2014-05-22T14:25:27Z")

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[system.file.openFile()](http://inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/index.html?system_file_openfile.htm) sounds like what you want.

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**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ivan)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prompt-the-user-for-filepath/8486/3 "2014-05-26T14:44:46Z")

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Thanks! I should have known… 😊