2.14.1.10 imgFile

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Brief Information

Open dialog to select image file

Additional Information

X-Function not designed for Auto GetN Dialog.

Command Line Usage

1. imgFile; // the image full path will be stored in system variable fname$

2. imgFile title:="String As Input";

X-Function Execution Options

Please refer to the page for additional option switches when accessing the x-function from script

Variables

Display
Name 		Variable
Name 		I/O
and
Type 		Default
Value 		Description
image file fname

Output

string

fname$

The string that will receive path and name of the user's chosen file.

dialog title title

Input

string

input dialog title.

Description

This X-Function opens a dialog to select an image file and store the file name in a string variable.

Examples

The following example shows how to pick an external image and then use insertImg2g X-Function to insert the image as the background of your graph:

    if (exist(%H, 3) == 3) {    // check if the current activated page is a graph window or not
        string strImgFullPath$;
        imgFile fname:=strImgFullPath$ title:="Pick Your Image"; //open a dialog to pick image. the full path of the selected file will be stored in a string variable called strImgFullPath$
        insertImg2g fname:=strImgFullPath$ type:=0 xyp:=2;    // insert the picked image into the current graphlayer as background
    }

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