# Prompt for Files
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [October 5, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217 "2006-10-05T08:16:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/1 "2006-10-05T08:16:07Z")
Is there anyway to do multi files selection when doing prompt for files? I’d like users to select multi files together and push to production. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/2 "2006-10-06T01:15:02Z")
Eric,
Have a look at the Prompt For Variables (Enhanced) action, as with this action you can prompt for multiple variables, and each variable can be set to a number of different types, including “Select Files”.
cheers,
tate.
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/3 "2006-10-06T01:37:57Z")
Thank you very much for your reply!
What I’d like to do is to select multiple files all at once when users try to browse to the files they want to push to the production. I don’t quite understand how Prompt fo Variables (Enhanced) to do that. I tried to use Select file type for one variable called SourcePath. The problem is I don’t know how many files users will select for each release. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/4 "2006-10-06T01:45:26Z")
Ah, so you need to ask the users for a list of files?
hmm, not sure how you could do this… but probably your best bet is to write your own action using ActionStudio that has a file selection dialog and a memo box, when they select a file they can add the selected file to the memo (with a button). And then the action can set a variable with the list of files.
hth.
.t8
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/5 "2006-10-06T11:59:12Z")
Hi Tate,
Can multi selection for Promt for Files Action be on the wish list since Shift + Select files will make user easier to select the files they want to push to production rather than one by one. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/6 "2006-10-09T03:01:34Z")
Hi Eric,
Added to wish list 🙂
cheers,
.t8
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/7 "2006-10-11T11:39:20Z")
Hi Tate,
When I use prompt for file and try to select a file with spaces in its name. The action won’t work. Is there anyway to handle it? Thanks a lot!
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### Author:  [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/8 "2006-10-13T01:13:48Z")
Hi Eric,
I just tried to reproduce this and I’m having no luck (either with the Prompt for Files and Directories action or with the Prompt For Variables (Enhanced) action. Is there any chance you could give us some more information about how to reproduce it?
If you need a workaround in a hurry, you may be able to use the Prompt For Variables (Enhanced) action instead of Prompt for File (or vice versa.)
Regards,
Angus
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/9 "2006-10-20T08:08:11Z")
Hi Angus,
I’d like to know if the multi file selection enhencement you added to wish list can be implement soon?
By the way, after multiple files selected, I’d like to add the path to a variable so that they can be copied together by using the variable as Source.
Thanks a lot!
Have a nice weekend!
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/10 "2006-10-20T11:58:03Z")
Hi Eric,
Have a look at the latest FinalBuilder 5 beta…
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/11 "2006-10-21T12:01:45Z")
Hi
I tried FB5, it does’t have what I need. Also, even FB5 works, my manager will not have buget to buy it ☹
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/prompt-for-files/217/12 "2006-10-23T02:59:49Z")
Hi Eric,
Sorry, not sure exactly what kind of functionality you’re looking for?
We’re not adding any enhancements for FB4 now (but will fix any bugs) - so you might want to look at creating an action in ActionStudio that can do exactly what you need.
.t8