8.4.6. File management

pymodaq.utils.gui_utils.select_file(start_path='C:\\Data', save=True, ext=None, filter=None, force_save_extension=False)

Opens a selection file popup for loading or saving a file

Parameters

• start_path (str or Path) – The strating point in the file/folder system to open the popup from

• save (bool) – if True, ask you to enter a filename (with or without extension)

• ext (str) – the extension string, e.g. xml, h5, png …

• filter (list of string) – list of possible extensions, mostly valid for loading

• force_save_extension (bool) – if True force the extension of the saved file to be set to ext

Returns

Path

Return type

the Path object of the file to save or load