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 # showFileBrowseDialog

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

abstract fun [showFileBrowseDialog](show-file-browse-dialog.md)(title: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html), filters: [Array](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-array/index.html)<[String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html)>, initialUri: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html)): [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html)

Displays file selection dialog for loading and returns URL of selected file.

#### Return

URL of selected file, or null if none selected

#### Parameters

titletitle of dialog windowfiltersarray of file type filters, may be nullinitialUriinitialUri to use in dialog, may be null#### Throws

[ModelCenterException](../-model-center-exception/index.md)abstract fun [showFileBrowseDialog](show-file-browse-dialog.md)(title: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html), filters: [Array](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-array/index.html)<[String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html)>, initialUri: [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html), hwnd: [Long](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-long/index.html)): [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html)

Displays file selection dialog for loading and returns URL of selected file.

#### Return

URL of selected file, or null if none selected

#### Parameters

titletitle of dialog windowfiltersarray of file type filters, may be nullinitialUriinitialUri to use in dialog, may be nullhwndthe window handle to which to parent the dialog#### Throws

[ModelCenterException](../-model-center-exception/index.md)