I want to write some code into my .C macro which when called, pops up a file browser which I can use to navigate my file system and choose a file. When I choose the file, a string is returned with the full path and filename of the file I chose. Can this be done with a few lines of code? Something along the lines of java’s file chooser and the example code found here…
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/JFileChooser.html
You can open a TBrowser… ?
Thanks, I tried creating a TBrowser object, but It’s not clear how I can select a file using the GUI (The ROOT Object Browser GUI). The TBrowser is a good tool for looking at root objects like tuples or histograms I believe. In the TBrowser GUI, there is a file menu. When you click on it, in the dropdown menu, there is an “open…” command. When I click on that, I get the typical directory tree surfing file chooser GUI. I would like to just create that GUI which would allow me to select a file. When I click on the open button, the GUI should close and return a string with the full filename of the file I selected. Any pointers on the name of the GUI object which is used when I click on the “open…” command? Or any pointers to the right document to read through which details the root GUI classes?
Thanks!
Thanks, no hurry on this one. Cheers.
Check the ${ROOTSYS}/tutorials/gui/guitest.C tutorial, in particular the File List... test