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Re: file selection widget and returning filters [message #42452 is a reply to message #42449]

Thu, 10 February 2005 07:40

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Rob writes:

> I'm hoping that the answer is not to "roll your own" but (and here
> comes a big run-on sentence)....does anyone know of a file selection
> utility much like DIALOG_PICKFILE that allows the program user to
> specify a filter and then, if the user changes the filter, *remember*
> the new one (so that subsequent file selections start with the new
> filter)? FSC_FILESELECT offers the flexibility of obtaining this info
> from an object reference but it doesn't list the files that match the
> filter like DIALOG_PICKFILE. Nor does CW_FILESEL seem to allow the
> user to change the filter at runtime.

I was thinking about this just the other day. When you get it built,
I'm sure others will be interested in it. :-)

> P.S. By the way I can't even get CW_FILESEL to limit the number of
> files displayed by by setting the FILTER keyword to a string array
> other than "All Files" but that's another story...another posting...

CW_FILESEL is, uh, an "interesting" widget. But not what
I want, either. :-(

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: Rob Dimeo on Thu, 10 February 2005 10:52
		Re: file selection widget and returning filters By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 February 2005 07:40
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