How could I open more than one image with a single dialog in Digital Micrograph script?

Question

I am writing in DigialMicrograph scripting. I want a script to open more than one image in a single dialog, a multi-select image dialog, similar to when you go to any Windows op

Answer 1

What you are asking for might be a bit more involved. There is no multiple open function in the scripting language, so you can only create it yourself, involving multiple steps:

• An input for a base-folder (This you could prompt the user for with a GetDirectoryDialog dialog)
• Using the command GetFilesInDirectory to retrieve a list (TagList) of files in that folder
• Process that list to filter out what you are interested in
• Build a custom-dialog (derived from UIFrame) which lists the files with either checkboxes, multiple drop-down menus, or a list-box to select from.
• Act on the selection made in your custom dialog, i.e. open all those files

The following script is an example doing that.

class MyMultiSelect : UIframe
{
    string root
    TagGroup FileList
    TagGroup DLGlist

    TagGroup CreateDLG( object self )
    {
        TagGroup dlg,dlgitems
        dlg = DLGCreateDialog( "MultiOpen", dlgItems )

        number nMax = fileList.TagGroupCountTags();
        TagGroup listitems
        DLGlist = DLGCreateList( listitems, 90, nMax+1 )
        DLGlist.DLGMultipleSelect(1)
        for (number i=0; i