# How to set "open" window to select paths and specific file types

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-open-window-to-select-paths-and-specific-file-types/209431>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 8, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-open-window-to-select-paths-and-specific-file-types/209431 "2006-12-08T19:07:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![lariat1997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df705f/32.png) [@lariat1997](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lariat1997)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-open-window-to-select-paths-and-specific-file-types/209431/1 "2006-12-08T19:07:42Z")

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Hey all,

I have the normal ‘Windows’ window that opens up in my Flash app. I can get my app to get any file.

How can I make that window select a path instead of a file? Also, I want to display the contents of that directory into a listbox, which I can do, but I don’t know how to display only certain filetypes from the selected directory.

Thanks.