Both of those were very helpful . Interestingly, I was expecting a file path
but I got the actual file so that makes it a bit easier.
Great group. I will enjoy being here.
Thanks to Torsten and Noury
David
Totally Objects
> On 27 Jan 2021, at 16:24, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> welcome! Just check
>
> UIManager default
> chooseExistingFileReference: 'Select the XML file'
> extensions: #('xml' 'xmi')
> path: ''.
>
> and similar methods. Be aware that a return value of nil means that
> dialog was canceled.
>
> Thanks
> Torsten
>
>
> David Pennington wrote:
> >
> > I am moving to Pharo from VisualAge Smalltalk as I am now using an M1
> > MacBook.
> >
> > I am building software to manage our home accounts and to do this, I
> > download each day a text file from my bank that contains about 1 month’s
> > worth of transactions. In VAST, I use a FileSelector that opens a window
> > and enables my to navigate to the Downloads folder and lets me select the
> > current transaction file. This gives me the path to the file making it
> > simple for me to open and parse it.
> >
> > Is there a similar file selector window that I can use in Pharo? I can see
> > how to open the Glamour browsers but not how to extract the path.
> >
> > Can anyone help please?
> >
> > David
> > Totally Objects
