Re: Problem in Dialog

Jim Shaffer <[email protected]> Sun, 15 Apr 2018 13:32:48 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.realbasic.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Daniel Drijard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Eduardo, 
> 
>    You mention 2 functions (or commands ?), SetupOpenDialog and DealWithFile, which I do not know and which are declared as well unknown by the current HELP of XOJO. 
> Daniel
> 
>> On 15 04 2018, at 18:51, Eduardo Gutierrez de O <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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] <mailto:[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
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>>>    48, rue des Savoies
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 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
>