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Re: problem with the widget filesel [message #45135 is a reply to message #45005]

Wed, 10 August 2005 12:38

David Fanning
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rlayberry@hotmail.com writes:

> I am using the widget filesel in order to select files to open. the
> example in the help only allows you to pick a single file. i want to
> pick multiple files. when i click on multiple files, however, the
> event handler only picks the first which is selected...how do I return
> all those files which are selected in the event handler?

As pointed out in the on-line help, the event structure
only contains the first of the multiple selected files in
the VALUE field. If you want *all* of the selected files, you
have to use the GET_VALUE keyword to get them:

Widget_Control, event.id, Get_Value=allSelectedFiles

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		problem with the widget filesel By: rlayberry on Tue, 09 August 2005 06:18
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