ftp support for uiget* or uiput*

This might be more of a feature request than a question (unless someone knows how to accomplish this), but it would be nice if uigetfile / uigetdir / uiputfile could work over an FTP connection.
I have a series of GUI's that have the user select a local folder containing data for visualization using uigetdir. I also built in functionality to connect to an FTP server to download files from data acquisition units, but the user must enter the remote folder's address into a text box. It then uses ftp() and mget() to download the files. I have tried using cd() and different ways of formatting the remote address, but none of them allow uigetdir to explore the remote server.

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Unfortunately this is not supported.
Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 1 Dec 2021
Edited: Sean de Wolski on 1 Dec 2021
This would be a great custom component built with a uitree!
Sean, I looked into possibly using uitree as well. I might try making a pop-up UI with uitree when I have some free time. I was just surprised that I couldn't find somebody who crossed this bridge before.

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