i am revising some old code and not sure why choosedir is not starting in the defined directory. Checked the Help and this should work.

 

value = "Select a directory" : @fm : "d:\SimpleSearch\Resumes"

dir = Utility( "CHOOSEDIR", @window, value)

ctrls = @Window:".EF_RESUME_DIRECTORY"

props = defProp$

Set_Property(ctrls,props,dir)

Shouldn't this start in "d:\SimpleSearch\Resumes"? It starts at the USER folder.

thanks

Dsig

Another question on choosedir is … shouldn't it default to the 'OI' drive? Meaning if OI is running off of the D drive then I shouldn't have to put D: in the code but allow it to default to D … yes?? Not working either

thanks

DSig

i am revising some old code and not sure why choosedir is not starting in the defined directory. Checked the Help and this should work.

 

value = "Select a directory" : @fm : "d:\SimpleSearch\Resumes"

dir = Utility( "CHOOSEDIR", @window, value)

ctrls = @Window:".EF_RESUME_DIRECTORY"

props = defProp$

Set_Property(ctrls,props,dir)

Shouldn't this start in "d:\SimpleSearch\Resumes"? It starts at the USER folder.

thanks

Dsig

If you are 'revising', maybe try the new exc_methos - extra options also:

DirName = Exec_Method( "FILESYSTEM",    |



                          "CHOOSEDIR",     |



                          OwnerWindow,     |



                          ChooseDirOptions )



 



Parameters



Name	Required	Description

OwnerWindow	No	ID of the parent window for the dialog.  This can be null, in which case the parent window is the desktop.

ChooseDirOptions	No	

Contains an @Fm-delimited dynamic array of options that control the behavior of the dialog. It has the following structure:



<1> Title



<2> Initial Directory



<3> Hide new folder button



<4> Show Files



 



Returns



The name and path of the selected folder.



 



Remarks



The ChooseDirOptions argument is composed of four fields which control the behavior of the dialog – each field is described fully below:



 



Field	Name	Description

<1>	Title	

Text to display in the title area of the dialog just above the list of folders:







<2>	Initial Directory	

Specifies the initial directory to display when the dialog is created.



<3>	Hide New Folder	If TRUE$ then the “Make New Folder” button is hidden.

<4>	Show Files	If TRUE$ then files are displayed in the dialog as well as folders.

 



The CHOOSEDIR method is basically a wrapper around the SHBrowserForFolder Windows API function, so it is worth examining at the documentation for this on the MSDN website to get a better idea of the capabilities of this method.



 



Equated constants for use with the CHOOSEDIR method can be found in the PS_CHOOSEDIR_EQUATES insert record.

*exec_method

so the old UTILITY service is no longer supported … means changing a lot of code :thumbsdown:

thanks … i'll check it out

Dsig

so the old UTILITY service is no longer supported … means changing a lot of code :thumbsdown:

thanks … i'll check it out

Dsig

Yes it is supported

great!! I will look at the method you mention.

Thanks again

DSig

so the old UTILITY service is no longer supported … means changing a lot of code :thumbsdown:

thanks … i'll check it out

Dsig

Yes it is supported

Refer to the OI10 help for more info

Hi Dave,

shouldn't it default to the 'OI' drive?

It defaults to wherever Windows thinks it should default to. We do nothing more than pass along the information you specify. If you want to control this more closely then you need to recurse and test your directory path to see if it's accessible and pick the location where you want the dialog to land.

(As mentioned in the bug report I can't reproduce problem you are seeing).

Regards

Carl Pates

Thanks for checking Carl ..

DSig

Thanks for checking Carl ..

DSig

use this to check if dir exists:

declare function RTI_OS_Directory



 



// checks to see if the directory c:\revsoft\mydir exists



directory = "c:\revsoft\mydir"



exists = RTI_OS_Directory( "EXISTS", directory )

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