Re: [galaxy-dev] Choosing between pre-existing file or user-defined file as tool input

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Makis Ladoukakis <makis4ever@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I am building a new tool for Galaxy and I would like for it to have an option for the user to choose his file for input or to use a pre-installed file on the server (in a specific path not defined by the user). Can anyone tell me which is the right parameter type to use in the configuration file?

Thank you in advance, Makis Ladoukakis

The *.loc file mechanism might be a good choice. The BLAST+ wrapper do this to offer you a choice of your own database file from the history, or a system provided database like NR. The associated *.loc file is a simple tabular file of available BLAST databases, and must be filled in by the local Galaxy administrator. Peter