# system.file.openFile / default path

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-default-path/7241>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 11, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-default-path/7241 "2013-09-11T07:46:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-default-path/7241/1 "2013-09-11T07:46:50Z")

</div>

system.file.openFile enable to chose an extension.  
a parameter for setting a default path will be perfect !

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dadof3and3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dadof3and3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dadof3and3)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-default-path/7241/2 "2014-07-07T12:16:24Z")

</div>

![8)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/587d7fe0d6822f36e81815ab06aa7164e9d2e057.gif "Cool")

I second this request…

is there an alternate way to do it now? ❓

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jimmylooo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@jimmylooo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jimmylooo)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-default-path/7241/3 "2014-10-30T15:46:00Z")

</div>

Can this be done? It would be so awesome if we could do this.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 30, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-default-path/7241/4 "2014-10-30T21:32:26Z")

</div>

You might want to suggest this at [http://ideas.inductiveautomation.com](http://ideas.inductiveautomation.com)