| Re: dialog_pickfile problem [message #51053 is a reply to message #10235] |
Fri, 03 November 2006 08:17   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Eric Hudson writes:
> I use several programs that have this type of functionality, although
> not in a standard file dialog. Instead, the file dialog is extended to
> include a "selected files" list (for example, in a region below the
> standard dialog). The "OK" of the file dialog is now "Select" and
> selected files are added to the list. Some basic functionality of
> ordering and removing items from the list rounds out what I think would
> be a generically useful tool.
Yes, this is the only way I can see to implement this
kind of functionality. Unfortunately, it means developing
your own machine-independent file selection tool. (Or,
using CW_FILESEL, which is easily ruled out on aesthetics
alone!) I've long wished for a way to include the standard
file selection widgets inside my own widget base, which
would make such a thing easy to write. But I don't think
we are going to see anything like that.
Cheers,
David
P.S. Have you ever wondered why Dialog_Pickfile always
appears in the upper-left corner of the display when
you first use it, and then in the center of the display
from then on? That's the kind of thing that drives me
crazy. -(
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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