UI get file or dirrectory

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Adam
Adam on 12 Nov 2012
Is there a command similar to, or a way to utilize either uigetfile, or uigetdir that allows a user to select either a file OR a directory and not just one or the other?
e.g. i have a function which will parse/import an entier directory, or individually specified files and i would like a UI window which allows the user to select individual files to be imported or a directory to be imported.

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 12 Nov 2012
Edited: Azzi Abdelmalek on 12 Nov 2012
[file,folder]=uigetfile
if you want to have a file name with its path
fic=fullfile(folder,file)
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Adam
Adam on 12 Nov 2012
The 'uigetfile' function allows a user to select a file(s) and outputs the file name and the folder in which it resides. It does not however allow for a user to select a folder on its own.
Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 12 Nov 2012
The use uigetdir. If you want him to choose add a code like this
str ={'select file','select folder'}
s = listdlg('PromptString','Select a file:','SelectionMode','single','ListString',str)
if s==1
[file,folder]=uigetfile
else
folder=uigetdir
end

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