Hi,

I am wondering how to request and accept input from an user in package. For example, I want to write a package that requires the user to specify the path to a given file or directory. In Summary I'd like to:

• Have the user specify the file through an Input Field
• Import that file
• Do something with that file

Thus far I've tried:

BeginPackage["Analysis`"]  
 getFile::usage= "getFile[] imports the user specified file."  

Begin["`Private`"]  
 getFile[___]:=getFile=InputField["Enter the data directory"];   
End[];    
EndPackage[];

But this does not work as expected. When I call the package in a notebook and call the function getFile[] the dialog box gets created as an output cell instead of an input cell. What is a better and more robust method to request user input and assign that input to variables via a package?

Thanks for your help