diff --git a/SCHNApps/include/schnapps.h b/SCHNApps/include/schnapps.h
index 8e54653a4fbb12d2e9e9d777a354481ef92fff80..e5aa030aa24a0159eca397e9358d72da533662c7 100644
--- a/SCHNApps/include/schnapps.h
+++ b/SCHNApps/include/schnapps.h
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ public:
 	void addMenuAction(Plugin* plugin, const QString& menuPath, QAction* action);
 	void removeMenuAction(Plugin* plugin, QAction* action);
 
-	void statusBarMessage(const QString& msg, int msec);
-
 public slots:
 	void aboutSCHNApps();
 	void aboutCGoGN();
@@ -141,6 +139,13 @@ public slots:
 
 	void loadPythonScriptFromFile(const QString& fileName);
 
+	void statusBarMessage(const QString& msg, int msec);
+
+	QString openFileDialog(const QString& title, const QString& dir = QString(), const QString& filter = QString());
+
+	QString saveFileDialog(const QString& title, const QString& dir = QString(), const QString& filter = QString());
+
+
 private slots:
 	void loadPythonScriptFromFileDialog();
 
diff --git a/SCHNApps/src/schnapps.cpp b/SCHNApps/src/schnapps.cpp
index 2a242948e7d534404e07bb82227e256176487572..1fe32976f4b1e1fca401925424b17f8843db8bf8 100644
--- a/SCHNApps/src/schnapps.cpp
+++ b/SCHNApps/src/schnapps.cpp
@@ -928,6 +928,21 @@ void SCHNApps::statusBarMessage(const QString& msg, int msec)
 	statusbar->showMessage(msg, msec);
 }
 
+
+QString SCHNApps::openFileDialog(const QString& title, const QString& dir, const QString& filter)
+{
+	return QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, title, dir, filter);
+}
+
+
+QString SCHNApps::saveFileDialog(const QString& title, const QString& dir, const QString& filter)
+{
+	return QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, title, dir, filter);
+}
+
+
+
+
 } // namespace SCHNApps
 
 } // namespace CGoGN