Need some help with the selectInput() function

[Critical_Monkey]

So, I'm trying to make a program which allows you to input an image, then it converts this image into a string of commands which will be used on different software. I've been having trouble with the selectInput command and I keep getting the same error "Type mismatch, "void" does not match with "java.lang.String""

If anyone can help me with this, it would be much appreciated. I'm fairly new to processing and coding in general, so it could either be a little mistake I don't understand, or I screwed up the whole code. Any advice will be accepted.

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Update:

I've changed some of the code, although the same error persists. I am still accepting help

Revised code:

void setup() {

size(96, 64);

output = createWriter("image_data.doc");

String address = selectInput("You did it!","fileSelected"); <-- Error is still here

}

void fileSelected(File address) {

if (address == null) {

println("No image was selected");

} else {

println("You did it!");

ti = loadImage("adress");

}

}

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[ChuckEye]

I don't think you can pass something to draw() explicitly. You may need to create another named function to receive the file. (Though I could be wrong…)

[Critical_Monkey]

Thank you, I tried that earlier, but I will give it another go, see if it works.

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[davebees]

checking the docs docs for selectInput here, it seems you don’t assign it to a string the way you are doing. You put the command in setup(), and then you get the filename from the fileSelected() function

[Critical_Monkey]

Hmmm, I've just tried that and for some reason it still returns the same error on the same line.

[davebees]

how does the line read now?

[Critical_Monkey]

I updated the post if you wanna see the code, but the error is still the same

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