browseforfolder

Version 1.0.0.0 (515 KB) by Ohad Gal
Enhanced dialog box for folder browsing.
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Updated 7 Nov 2005

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This enhancement allows the user to:

1. browse using "copy-paste"
2. create a new folder from this dialog

UIBROWSEFORFOLDER Standard Windows browse for folder dialog box.

folder = uibrowseforfolder( title_str, initial_path )

Output: folder = selected folder (empty string if dialog cancelled)
Inputs: title_str = title string (OPTIONAL)
initial_path = initial path (OPTIONAL, defaults to PWD)

Examples: folder = uibrowseforfolder - default title and initial path
folder = uibrowseforfolder('Select results folder') - default initial path
folder = uibrowseforfolder([], 'C:\Program Files') - with no title

1. using mex function browseforfolder.dll
2. credit for "C++" code goes to Armen Hakobyan code taken from "The Code Project" at: http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/cfolderdialog.asp
3. converted to matlab mex file by Ohad Gal.

Cite As

Ohad Gal (2024). browseforfolder (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8391-browseforfolder), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R13SP1
Compatible with any release
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1.0.0.0

I found out that some OS need two additional DLLs for this function to work: msvcrtd.dll and MFC42D.DLL