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SELECTFILE$(DialogueTitle$, Dir$, Filter$)
Arguments
- DialogueTitle$ contains a string with the title or "Caption" of the file dialogue
- Dir$ contains Dir$ contains the first path where to look for files, e.g.: "\\Ma013srv\Data" or "C:\Program Files\Quaestor\Data". "NullString" can be provided if the file should be selected in the current Report directory (see Directory structure
- Filter$ contains
Filter$ contains the file filter set for the dialogue, e.g.:
"Telitab Files (*.qdb)|*.qdb|External Process Output Files (*.epo)|*.epo" or "MMS data Files (*.mms)|*.mms"
- If the dialogue is closed by "Cancel", "NullString" is returned by SELECTFILE$
- The file dialogue can also be invoked to assign a value to a string variable using the following meta command (attribute) in the data slot of the parameter:
@FILEDIALOGUE
DialogueTitle$
Dir$
Filter$
Examples
Selection from a list of different types
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returns a file dialogue with the filters:
- Telitab Files (*.qdb)
- External Process Output Files (*.epo)
- All Files (*.*)
Selection from groeps of file types
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returns a file dialogue with the filters:
- Image Files(*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF)
- All Files (*.*)
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