contents of a folder as drop down menu in text area

[Sundaram Sridharan]

I need to read the files in a windows folder and offer them as items in a drop down menu. so far I have

import os

myFolder = "\serverfolder"

list = []

for file in os.listdir(myFolder):

list.append(file)

I now need to somehow assign this to a listbox document property so it will appear as pull down menu. I can trigger this script using a simple data function. But when I create a listbox (multi select) document property and try to assign this list to that property it doesn't change anything in the text area. However if I choose file-document properties, I see the above list assigned to the document property. Is there another way to do this

[David Boot-Olazabal]

Hi SidSri,

 

Would you be able to share the .dxp file which has this in it

 

Kind regards,

 

David

[Sundaram Sridharan]

Sorry didn't get a chance before to post the solution I found. You need to turn the list into a data table first. And trigger the action using a data function that runs at load time so the dropdown list is ready for you. In the example I enclosed I am listing the contents of my "C:oracle" folder