mibUiGetFile¶

utils.dlgs.mibUiGetFile(filter, title, defname, mode)¶

MIBUIGETFILE - a wrapper function to provide a modified uigetfile dialog for MacOS Catalina.

Syntax:

function [file, path, indx] = mibUiGetFile(filter, title, defname, mode)

The general syntax is the same as for uigetfile, except missing ‘MultiSelect’ key

Input Arguments:

• filter - file filter, specified as a character vector, cell array of character vectors, or a string array For example: {’.fig’,’Figures (``.fig``)’; … ‘.mat’,’MAT-files (``.mat``)’; … ‘.png; *.jpg’,’Images (.png, .jpg)’; … ‘.*’, ‘All Files (.)’}

• title - string, dialog box title

• defname - default file name field value, specified as a character vector or a string scalar. The defname value can specify a path, or a path and a file name

• mode - multiselect mode, ‘’off’’ (default) or ‘’on’’

Output Arguments:

• file - file name that the user specified in the dialog box, returned as a cell array

• path - path to the specified file or files, returned as a character vector

• indx - selected filter index, returned as an integer

Usage:

Example 1 - Select files with filter

fileFilter = {'*.mat','MAT-files (``*.mat``)'; ...
              '*.*',  'All Files (*.*)'};
[file, path, indx] = utils.dlgs.mibUiGetFile(fileFilter, 'Select files', 'c:\', 'on');
if isequal(file, 0); return; end