Re: Problem in Dialog

I think you're talking about different things.

James is talking about Getfolderitem, which allows you to define a folderitem from a path. 

OpenDialog (and FolderItemDialog, for a customizable version) is defines into, and opens, its own modal window.

Without seeing a bit of your code it's impossible to find what you may be missing

  dim o as opendialog
  dim f,r as folderitem
  o = new opendialog
  o.prompttext = "Select a file to open"
  SetupOpenDialog(o)
  r = o.showmodal
  if r <> nil then
    f = o.result
    MsgBox "Selected file is "+f.name
  end

(with "DealWithFile" being a function to deal with the file :D )

Eduo

> On 15 Apr 2018, at 17:17, Daniel Drijard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello, james
>    GetFolderItem will not allow me to choose a file inside a directory as a Dialog will instead.
> Daniel
>> On 15 04 2018, at 17:10, Jim Wagner <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, Daniel -
>> 
>> That has never been how you access the file system. Try GetFolderItem() or one of its relatives.
>> 
>> Jim
>> James Wagner
>> Oregon Research Electronics
>> http://www.orelectronics.net <http://www.orelectronics.net/>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 15, 2018, at 7:21 AM, Daniel Drijard <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>    I create a Dialog by OpenDialog, then define a starting Directory, then trigger ShowModal(). I get an empty window, transparent and movable which does not show the Directory I defined.
>>>   Any clue ? Thanks in advance. 
>>>   I use an iMac with Sierra
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> Daniel Drijard
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>> 
> 
> Daniel Drijard
> Thoiry téléphone : 
>   04 50 41 22 75
>     international
>   +33/4 50 41 22 75
> Courriel :
>    [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Thoiry F-01710
>    48, rue des Savoies
>