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Re: Pickfile wierdness [message #12330 is a reply to message #12277]

Tue, 21 July 1998 00:00

Ray
Messages: 8
Registered: July 1998

Junior Member

I used an alternative work-around. I made my own copy
of pickfile.pro and hacked it to make the window wider.
Not elegant, but it works...

sigma0@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> 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 separate path field. Any help
> would be greatly appreciated! -Jay Cable
> ftjec@uaf.edu
>
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