pymel.core.system.fileBrowserDialog

fileBrowserDialog(*args, **kwargs)

The fileBrowserDialog command offers more control of the windows file browser dialog. See the fileDialog command for cross platform file dialog support.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
actionName (an)		unicode
	Script to be called when the file is validated.
dialogStyle (ds)		int
	0 for old style dialog1 for Windows 2000 style Explorer style2 for Explorer style with Shortcuttip at bottom
fileCommand (fc)		callable
	The script to run on command action
fileType (ft)		unicode
	Set the type of file to filter. By default this can be any one of: mayaAscii, mayaBinary, mel, OBJ, directory, plug-in, audio, move, EPS, Illustrator, image. plug-ins may define their own types as well.
filterList (fl)		unicode
	Specify file filters. Used with dialog style 1 and 2. Each string should be a description followed by a comma followed by a semi-colon separated list of file extensions with wildcard.
includeName (includeName)		unicode
	Include the given string after the actionName in parentheses. If the name is too long, it will be shortened to fit on the dialog (for example, /usr/alias/commands/scripts/fileBrowser.mel might be shortened to /usr/...pts/fileBrowser.mel)
mode (m)		int
	Defines the mode in which to run the file brower: 0 for read1 for write2 for write without paths (segmented files)4 for directories have meaning when used with the action+100 for returning short names
operationMode (om)		unicode
	Enables the option dialog. Valid strings are: ImportReferenceSaveAsExportAllExportActive
tipMessage (tm)		unicode
	Message to be displayed at the bottom of the style 2 dialog box.
windowTitle (wt)		unicode
	Set the window title of a style 1 or 2 dialog box Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.fileBrowserDialog

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

def importImage( fileName, fileType):
   pm.file( fileName, i=True );
   return 1

pm.fileBrowserDialog( m=0, fc=importImage, ft='image', an='Import_Image', om='Import' )
# Result: True #