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guientry.file - Function

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	guientry

Make a widget for a file entry

Synopsis
file(parent, value, default, options, allowunset, editable, types, hlp)

Description
The allowed format for user input is simply a file name, relative or absolute.

Arguments

parent		Parent of the menu
		Allowed:	Tk frame
value		Value to insert on start
		Allowed:	Variable or unset
default		Default value
		Allowed:	Variable
options		options
		Allowed:	string
		Default:	''
allowunset		Allow unset values
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	T
editable		Is the entry editable by the user
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	T
types		File types to show (catalog)
		Allowed:	String
hlp		Popup help string
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	Unset

Returns
guientry widget

Description

Constructs a widget for the entry of files. The types argument is the same as the types available in the Catalog GUI. They can be recovered by the Catalog function availabletypesutility:catalog.availabletypes.