[R] how to get the GUI directory chooser on Windows?

[Liaw, Andy]

Thanks to Uwe and Duncan Murdoch (who replied off-list).  The bottom line is
as Uwe said: no existing R level functionality.

I guess it might be possible to do something similar with Tcl/Tk, but I do
not know Tcl/tk...

Best,
Andy

> From: Uwe Ligges
> 
> Liaw, Andy wrote:
> 
> > Dear R-help,
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me if it's possible to call up the 
> "directory chooser" (the
> > one you get when you click on "File" -> "Change Dir...") in 
> Rgui from the R
> > command line?  Seems like file.choose() can't be used to 
> choose a directory.
> 
> Looks like there is no R function to do so.
> 
> The C level code is in
> ./src/gnuwin32/rui.c
> and
> ./src/gnuwin32/graphapp/dialogs.c
> and friends.
> 
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> > This is in R-1.8.1 on WinXPPro.
> > 
> > Any help much appreciated!
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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