Open File Utility

GUI for selection files using COM/DCOM.

Description

An m-file that activates the WIN32 ActiveX control for selecting a file. The ActiveX control is part of the Win32 environment and it is written using COM/DCOM technology. The attached m file is only a connecting function. You can change and customize the control by adding more "set" functions to the ActiveX control.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 6.1 (R12.1)
• Other requirements: Windows OS

[John Kingman]

Sorry to report, doesn't work for me in R13.

>> [f,d,c] = win_open_file(pwd)
??? Error using ==> actxcontrol
Control creation failed. Invalid ProgID 'MSComdlg.CommonDialog'

Error in ==> c:\professional\omeara\mfiles\uigetfiles\win_open_file.m
On line 22 ==> handle=actxcontrol('MSComdlg.CommonDialog',[0 0 50 50],f);

[andreas bachinger]

works with r13 like it should!
thx

[gorden jemwa]

works ok!

[Wolfgang Rock]

I get the same error like John Kingham

[Carlos Oliveira]

I report the same error on WinXP.
It used to work fine on a different machine though...

[David Racine]

use instead:
MATLAB Central > File Exchange > Utilities > GUI Tools and Examples > uigetfiles

[edgar tegel]

won't work