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Re: dialog_pickfile bug? [message #84221 is a reply to message #84220]

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:59

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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superchromix writes:

> I'm running into some weirdness with the dialog_pickfile routine.
>
> When you specify the FILE keyword, only a part of the file name shows
> up in the dialog box when the window opens. For example:
>
> testfile = dialog_pickfile(file='test12345678987654321.txt')
>
> when I execute this command, only a part of the file name:
>
> 78987654321.txt
>
> shows up in the file name input box. The full file name is actually
> there, but you have to use the left arrow key to move the cursor over
> to the left before you can see it.
>
> my system: IDL Version 8.0.1, Microsoft Windows (Win32 x86_64 m64)
>
> has anyone else encountered this?

Every day. :-(

Apparently, it is a Windows OS bug that has never been fixed. Anyway,
the word here is there is nothing the folks at ExelisVis can do to fix
it.

Cheers,

David

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