# After Effects Open Choose Dialog Action

With the help of the After Effects Open Choose Dialog Action, a Finder or Explorer window can be opened that shows a path defined in the node. It can be defined whether an entire folder or one or more files can be imported.

This function uses Extendscript and can therefore only be used if After Effects is opened and the stream in which this node is used is executed by the client on which the corresponding project is opened.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.helmut.de/helmut4-releases/helmut4-components/streamdesigner/nodes/actions/adobe-after-effects/after-effects-open-choose-dialog-action.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.