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fileopenbox enable specifying particular default initialfile #218

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13 changes: 7 additions & 6 deletions easygui/boxes/fileopen_box.py
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Expand Up @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ def fileopenbox(msg=None, title=None, default='*', filetypes=None, multiple=Fals
Displays an "open file" dialog box and returns the selected file as a string.

The "default" argument specifies a filepath that (normally)
contains one or more wildcards.
contains one or more wildcards. If default contains no wildcards,
it populates the selected file dialog for easier selection by hitting Enter

fileopenbox() will display only files that match the default filepath.
If omitted, defaults to "\\*" (all files in the current directory).
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -90,14 +91,14 @@ def fileopenbox(msg=None, title=None, default='*', filetypes=None, multiple=Fals
default, filetypes)

# ------------------------------------------------------------
# if initialfile contains no wildcards; we don't want an
# initial file. It won't be used anyway.
# if initialfile contains no wildcards we assume user wants to specify a particular default file so they can just hit Enter to select it.
# Also: if initialbase is simply "*", we don't want an
# initialfile; it is not doing any useful work.
# ------------------------------------------------------------
if (initialfile.find("*") < 0) and (initialfile.find("?") < 0):
initialfile = None
elif initialbase == "*":
pass
# initialfile = None
if initialbase == "*":
initialfile = None

func = ut.tk_FileDialog.askopenfilenames if multiple else ut.tk_FileDialog.askopenfilename
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -126,5 +127,5 @@ def fileopenbox(msg=None, title=None, default='*', filetypes=None, multiple=Fals

if __name__ == '__main__':
print("Hello from file open box")
ret_val = fileopenbox("Please select a file", "My File Open dialog")
ret_val = fileopenbox(msg="Please select a file", title= "My File Open dialog", default="*.py")
print("Return value is:{}".format(ret_val))