myGetTextFile

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Name	myGetTextFile
Permalink	https://serialemscripts.nexperion.net/script/80
Category	High-Level Functions
Language	SerialEM Scripting
Description	Function to obtain the name of a text file using a filechooser
Author	Jaap Brink

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Version v1.0 (February 18, 2024; 37 download(s); SerialEM version ≥ 4.2)

Version v1.0

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Upload date	February 18, 2024
Download count	37
SerialEM version ≥	4.2

Function myGetTextFile
   
   /*
   Function to retun the filename for a text file. This is a stop gap as
      SerialEM will shortly get a script command to find a text file using a
      filechooser.
      
      v1.0 Feb 18 2024		J. Brink, JEOL USA & D.G. Morgan, IU
      */
      
      SuppressReports 
      
      /*
      You can add serialEM script commands here to set the starting directory if needed
      for your purpose
      */
      
      file @= 
      
      CallFunction PyGetTextFile
      
      return $file
      
   EndFunction 
   #--------------------------------
   Function PyGetTextFile
      
      PythonScript
      #!Python
      
      #ScriptName PyGetTextFile
      
      import tkinter as tk
      from tkinter import filedialog as fd
      import serialem as sem
      
      root = tk.Tk()                              # Create the root window
      root.withdraw()                             # Hide the small empty Tk window here
      root.attributes("-topmost", True)           # Float the chooser to the top
      
      filename = fd.askopenfilename(defaultextension=".txt", title="Please select a text file",
      filetypes=(("Text files","*.txt"),("All files","*.*")))
      
      sem.SetVariable('file', filename)
      
      EndPythonScript 
      #--------------------------------
   EndFunction

Documentation

Add this function to a script command and call using:
CallFUnction MyGetTextfile
file = $repVal1

License

This code can be shared and adapted under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)