Browse Options:Selection Mode
- Updated2025-07-30
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Set or get the selection mode of the browse dialog box.
This property is similar to the Selection Mode section in the configuration dialog box for the File Dialog Express VI and the Selection Mode section on the Browse Options page of the Path Properties dialog box.
This property is an element of the Browse Options property.
The following table lists the possible file or directory enum values for the Browse Options:Selection Mode property.
| File or Directory |
|---|
| existing file |
| new file |
| new or existing file |
| existing dir |
| new dir |
| new or existing dir |
| existing file (use LLBs) |
| new file (use LLBs) |
| new or existing file (use LLBs) |
| new or existing file or directory (use LLBs) |
| existing dir (use LLBs) |
| new dir (use LLBs) |
| new or existing dir (use LLBs) |
Remarks
The following table lists the characteristics of this property.
| Short Name | SelMode |
| Data type |  |
| Permissions | Read/Write |
| Available in Run-Time Engine | Yes |
| Available in Real-Time Operating System | Yes |
| Settable when the VI is running | Yes |
| Loads the front panel into memory | No |
| Need to authenticate before use | No |
| Loads the block diagram into memory | No |
| Remote access allowed | Yes |
| existing file | 0 | |
| new file | 1 | |
| new or existing file | 2 | |
| existing dir | 3 | |
| new dir | 4 | |
| new or existing dir | 5 | |
| existing file (use LLBs) | 6 | |
| new file (use LLBs) | 7 | |
| new or existing file (use LLBs) | 8 | |
| new or existing file or directory (use LLBs) | 9 | |
| existing dir (use LLBs) | 10 | |
| new dir (use LLBs) | 11 | |
| new or existing dir (use LLBs) | 12 | |
| existing file or dir | 13 | |
| new file or dir | 14 | |
| new or existing file or dir | 15 | |
| existing file or dir (use LLBs) | 16 | |
| new file or dir (use LLBs) | 17 |