Re: Problem in Dialog

Hi, Daniel.

This may not be an option, but if you could share your project (or a smaller version of it) we could take a look at it. What you're saying sounds like either a window modified by declares to be non-standard or a glitch that may be local to your machine.

Perhaps you can create a new project and assign this function so a single button and see how that works?

I've prepared a very simple example. You can open and run it. If it shows a transparent window it's probably something set-up in your machine locally. if it works properly then it's something in your project:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gfgbg0r09ma11q2/OpenFileDialogTest.xojo_binary_project.zip?dl=0

Eduo

> On 16 Apr 2018, at 11:35, Daniel Drijard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Eduardo,
>  
>    I used precisely what you proposed me, though adding an MsgBox just before your GetOpenFolderItem reference:
>                MsgBox("Open tried ")
>                f = GetOpenFolderItem(jpegType + pngType)
>    The same problem results: I get an empty, transparent window. Curiously, clicking this window on its top-middle shows a list of parent folders (copied here), at it would, I think, when the standard Dialog would show up. Clicking this window on its down-left gives me a small window about a “new folder” as I would get in the standard Dialog.
>    Thus, it seems that the standard Dialog window is simply missing in my empty window. I wonder why this is and how to cure it. Would this be a XOJO problem ?
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 15 04 2018, at 21:30, Eduardo Gutierrez de O <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Daniel,
>> 
>> You're right. I meant to paste a snippet from one of my apps and by mistake I pasted from a custom one.
>> 
>> Nonetheless, the important part is that you need to share the bit of code giving you trouble. Otherwise it's shooting in the dark.
>> 
>> For what it's worth, the User Guide example works ok for me:
>> 
>> Dim f As FolderItem
>> Dim m As New Movie
>> 
>> Dim jpegType As New FileType
>> jpegType.Name = "image/jpeg"
>> jpegType.MacType = "JPEG"
>> jpegType.Extensions = "jpg;jpeg"
>> 
>> Dim pngType As New FileType
>> pngType.Name = "image/png"
>> pngType.MacType = "PNG "
>> pngType.Extensions = "png"
>> 
>> f = GetOpenFolderItem(jpegType + pngType)
>> If f<> Nil Then
>>   MsgBox("Open worked. File is "+f.NativePath)
>> Else
>>   MsgBox("Open failed.")
>> End If
>> 
>> I just created a new project and assigned this to the "Action" event of a simple button. It then shows only PNG and JPG files and complains if I don't pick anything.
>> 
>> Eduo
>> 
>>> On 15 Apr 2018, at 19:32, Daniel Drijard <[email protected] <mailto:[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
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 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
> 
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