At 02:29 PM 2/11/2004 -0500, Liaw, Andy wrote:
Thanks to Uwe and Duncan Murdoch (who replied off-list). The bottom line is as Uwe said: no existing R level functionality.
I guess it might be possible to do something similar with Tcl/Tk, but I do not know Tcl/tk...
With the tcltk package loaded, it's as simple as tclvalue(tkchooseDirectory()), which returns the directory name as a character string.
I hope that this helps, John
Best, Andy
> From: Uwe Ligges > > Liaw, Andy wrote: > > > Dear R-help, > > > > Can anyone tell me if it's possible to call up the > "directory chooser" (the > > one you get when you click on "File" -> "Change Dir...") in > Rgui from the R > > command line? Seems like file.choose() can't be used to > choose a directory. > > Looks like there is no R function to do so. > > The C level code is in > ./src/gnuwin32/rui.c > and > ./src/gnuwin32/graphapp/dialogs.c > and friends. > > Uwe Ligges > > > > This is in R-1.8.1 on WinXPPro. > > > > Any help much appreciated! > > > > Andy > > > > > > > >
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