Function Entry: DOS_GETFILEM

`dos<sub>getfilem</sub>`

BricsCAD DOSLib Function

(dos_getfilem title folder filter)

Arguments are described in the vendor page; see Source Notes.

Opens BricsCAD's FileSelection dialog to let the user select one or multiple file(s). title : is the FileSelect dialog title folder : preset folder to be used for file selection; user can change to any other folder filter : a string containing of file specification tokens - a token has the form "any description |*.xxx|", multiple tokens can be combined; to indicate that the tokens sequence is finished, add an extra "|" as last character. Note : under BricsCAD, a simplified filter can be used - simply combine all file type extensions by comma or semicolon : "dwg;txt" Returns a list of selected files when successful, or NIL if dialog was cancelled or failed Note 1 : the first entry of the list is the folder name ! Note 2 : the number of files being selected is limited to 6000 files ! Example : (dos_getfilem "Select Drawings or Text files" ~"C:\Projects\" "Drawing Files (dwg)|*.dwg|Text Files (.txt)|.txt||") will return a list like ("C:\Projects\Stadium\" "entry.dwg" "places.dwg" "readme.txt")

Vendor-defined; see Source Notes.

• AutoCAD 2026: not documented.
• BricsCAD V26: documented.
• Status: BricsCAD-only.

• [dos_getfilem (BricsCAD V26 DevRef)](https://developer.bricsys.com/bricscad/help/en_US/V26/DevRef/source/dos_getfilem.htm)
• Status: documented (Phase 3 follow-up: body filled from the BricsCAD V26 per-symbol page on 2026-04-26).