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Author: roger.wallin@abilita.fi (rogerw)

Hi, I would like to let the user select a directory, starting from another directory ("c:\temp\") than the working directory. I tried filebox/dir "c:\temp\" if ($status=1)    myCatalog = $result endif But, it always starts from the working directory, ie. first showing the working directory in the filebox instead of ("c:\temp\") . How should filebox/dir work?  Regards RogerW.

5 Comments

  1. Local Administrator

    Hi RogerW, This seems to work:

    filebox/dir "*.*", "c:\temp\" It seems that the syntax of the filebox statement should look like this:

    filebox{/save | /dir | /savenocheck} {Filter{, DefaultDirectory}}   Instead of:

    filebox{/save | /dir | /savenocheck} {Filter}, {DefaultDirectory}   Hope this help. Regards, Daniel


    Author: diseli (daniel.iseli@uniface.com)

  2. Local Administrator

    Hi Roger, AFAIK using: filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp" enduser is positioned one level lower in the path defined; in your example C:\ If you need to start from C:\Temp you should create a (fake?) directory below C:\Temp like C:\Temp\myFakeDir and redefine your code to: filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp\myFakeDir" Gianni


    Author: gianni (gianni.sandigliano@unifacesolutions.com)

  3. Local Administrator

    gianni said Hi Roger, AFAIK using: filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp" enduser is positioned one level lower in the path defined; in your example C:\ If you need to start from C:\Temp you should create a (fake?) directory below C:\Temp like C:\Temp\myFakeDir and redefine your code to: filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp\myFakeDir" Gianni  

    Hi Gianni, You have to finish the directory with a backslash and then it's working as expected; e.g.

    filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp\" And it seems that it's sufficient to specify an empty string for the Filter parameter. The important thing is that it's defined (see the revised statement syntax I've mentioned in my reply above). Hope this helps. Daniel


    Author: diseli (daniel.iseli@uniface.com)

  4. Local Administrator

    Thanks, it's working now. I made some similar tests, but apparently not the right one Confused. Regards RogerW.


    Author: rogerw (roger.wallin@abilita.fi)

  5. Local Administrator

    diseli said
    gianni said Hi Roger, AFAIK using: filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp" enduser is positioned one level lower in the path defined; in your example C:\ If you need to start from C:\Temp you should create a (fake?) directory below C:\Temp like C:\Temp\myFakeDir and redefine your code to: filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp\myFakeDir" Gianni  
    Hi Gianni, You have to finish the directory with a backslash and then it's working as expected; e.g.

    filebox/dir "", "C:\Temp\" And it seems that it's sufficient to specify an empty string for the Filter parameter. The important thing is that it's defined (see the revised statement syntax I've mentioned in my reply above). Hope this helps. Daniel  

    Hi Daniel, ahhh...just the \ is enough! Thanks! Gianni


    Author: gianni (gianni.sandigliano@unifacesolutions.com)

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