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Re:pickfile wierdness [message #12338] Mon, 20 July 1998 00:00
sigma0 is currently offline  sigma0
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Registered: June 1998
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Urg, I messed up the version number. The version of idl running on the alpha
is 3.6.1a not 4.3 like I stated before. Further testing shows that the idl
4.0 pickfile running on the sun works just like the idl 3.6 on alpha.

> Hi,
> I am moving some code from idl 4.3 to idl 5.0.3 and I have run into a problem
> with pickfile, or dialog_pickfile as it is now apparently called. On idl 5.0.3
> on a sun running Solaris 2.5, pickfile displays the full path to files and
> directories in the selection dialog. Since the files I am using pickfile to
> select are deep down the directory tree, idl truncates the path and displays
> only the start of it in the selection dialog. This makes it impossible for the
> user to know what he is selecting, unless the window is resized. It there
> anyway to stop idl from displaying the full path in the selection box? On idl
> 4.3, running on a dec alpha, it does not print the full path, but the path is
> displayed in a seperate path field. Any help would be greatly !
> -Jay Cable
> ftjec@uaf.edu

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