Prompt User to Select Folder

[amarks]

How can I use a popup similar to system.file.openFile() to prompt the user to select a folder (directory) where files will be written?

[Kevin.Herron]

system.file.saveFile?

system.file.saveFile | Ignition User Manual

[PGriffith]

Unless the nuance was to allow a directory to be selected, which we don't have a convenient helper for; you'll have to do some scripting.

Something like:

Save selected files to a selected path keeping the original name

There's no system.file.saveDirectory function, so choosing a directory to save to gets a bit complicated. Once you have the directory, you should be able to use system.file.writeFile with a generated directory + filename path, and system.file.readFileAsBytes to read the source file(s), as needed. Choosing a directory with a GUI would look something like this: from javax.swing import JFileChooser fileChooser = JFileChooser() fileChooser.fileSelectionMode = JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY result…

[amarks]

I have an XML tree that I made with xml.etree.ElementTree. Usually I'd use tkinter and tree.write to prompt for the directory location and save the file.

How would I go about doing something similar in Ignition?

[Kevin.Herron]

I think you need to follow Paul's advice/post, it seems system.file.saveFile will only let the user point to a file, not a directory.

[amarks]

Thanks. The JFileChooser is exactly what I needed

Save selected files to a selected path keeping the original name

There's no system.file.saveDirectory function, so choosing a directory to save to gets a bit complicated. Once you have the directory, you should be able to use system.file.writeFile with a generated directory + filename path, and system.file.readFileAsBytes to read the source file(s), as needed. Choosing a directory with a GUI would look something like this: from javax.swing import JFileChooser fileChooser = JFileChooser() fileChooser.fileSelectionMode = JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY result…

[amarks]

I get a permission denied error when I try to write the file. I'm not trying to do it anywhere restricted, just user\documents

[amarks]

My user has permissions for the folder. How can I troubleshoot this issue?

[PGriffith]

Are you sure the path is exactly what you think it is? Any chance Windows file separators are getting mixed up somewhere, so you think you're writing to Users\Documents but you're actually attempting to implicitly create a Users/Documents folder, for instance? Are the paths fully qualified?