Open File Dialog

[Joel_Bailie (Joel Ray Bailie)]

I am writing a function on my new layer that requires an Open File Dialog? May I do it in my C# function code? If so, what is it I need to include in my references? If not, is there a function I can add to my button click in Application Studio?

[jwphillips (Jonathan Phillips)]

The function code runs on the server, so prompting for file upload is not allowed.

There is a file transfer widget you can use in your button-click event to get and store the file, then pass its location to a function to be processed on the server.

How To: Kinetic - Upload a Client File, Parse, and Display in a Grid

Another How To for how to use the File Picker Client control and file-erp-transfer widget. This tutorial will go over how to wire up the controls, pass the file to a function, parse the data, return the dataset to App Studio, and display the rows in a grid. Create a DataView holder [image] Create a grid and bind it to the new DataView from Step 1. [image] Add the File Picker Client (or server) control to your form and bind it to something. I used TransView because it’s runtime and I d…

[Joel_Bailie (Joel Ray Bailie)]

I think this will help a lot. Thank you. I will let you know how it goes.

[klincecum (Kevin Lincecum)]

It works a treat. There are a few examples on here somewhere.