PAK Commands – Choose File/Directory
Table of Contents
1. Summary
Both commands let the user choose from the local file system, ChooseFile is used to look for files, ChooseDirectory for directories respectively.
| Both commands can only be used inside the Workflow Executor |
2. Examples
Figure 1. The Command
Due to simplicity, the title input parameter will be left empty for the examples. By default, it is set to “Choose a file” and “Choose a directory”.
2.1. Choose File
Example 1. Command run no inputs
The selected file will be written under the key pathToFile as "C:\\Users\\user\\Downloads\\Workflow Executor Setup (7).exe" in this case.
Sometimes however, you might want to restrict the file types that are shown to the user, this can be done by providing the fileType parameter. If we for example only want to allow gifs, we can set fileType to "*.gif"
Example 2. Command run with restricted file types