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R: A select directory dialog box

dlgDir

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A select directory dialog box

Description

Allows to easily select a directory.

Usage

dlgDir(default = getwd(), title, ..., gui = .GUI)

## These should not be called directly
## S3 method for class 'gui'
dlgDir(default = getwd(), title, ..., gui = .GUI)
## S3 method for class 'textCLI'
dlgDir(default = getwd(), title, ..., gui = .GUI)
## S3 method for class 'nativeGUI'
dlgDir(default = getwd(), title, ..., gui = .GUI)

Arguments

`default`	the directory to start with.
`title`	a title to display on top of the dialog box.
`...`	pass further arguments to methods.
`gui`	the 'gui' object concerned by this dialog box.

Value

The modified 'gui' object is returned invisibly. The choosen directory, or an empty string if the cancel button was clicked is found in gui$res (see example).

Author(s)

Philippe Grosjean (phgrosjean@sciviews.org)

Examples

### A quick default directory changer
setwd(dlgDir(default = getwd())$res)