===== OpenFialDialog (Function) and SaveFileDialog (Function) =====

==== Format ====
**openfiledialog** ( [[stringexpressions|prompt]], [[stringexpressions|path]], [[stringexpressions|filter]] )\\
**savefiledialog** ( [[stringexpressions|prompt]], [[stringexpressions|path]], [[stringexpressions|filter]] )\\

returns [[stringexpressions|file_name]] or "" if no file was selected.

==== Description ====
Displays a system dialog that allows a user to select an existing file (open/save) or a new file name (save).  The function has three parameters: 1) a prompt message that will be displayed in the top of the dialog window, 2) the path or filename where the dialog box opens to, and 3) a string containing filters for specific file types.

If the path is the empty string '' then the current folder will be opened.  Filters may be specified in the format "name (*.ext *.ext...)"  if multiple filters are desired you must use two semicolons to separate them.

===- Example ====
<code>
f = openfiledialog("",".","Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg);;Text files (*.txt);;XML files (*.xml)")
print f
</code>
==== See Also ====
{{page>en:start#File and Serial Port Input/Output&noheader}}

==== New To Version ==== 
2.0.0.6