AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

Name

choose file

Synopsis

file selection dialog

file selection dialog

Puts up a standard Open File dialog, with title "Choose File" and default button "Choose." You can add a prompt; you can set the initial folder displayed. You can specify whether invisible files should be shown, whether packages should be treated as folders, and what types of file to display (can be a list of either four-letter file type codes or UTIs—see http://developer.apple.com/macosx/uniformtypeidentifiers.html—but not both). Returns an alias.

Example

set f to choose file of type {"public.text"} without invisibles