GFileSelect Class Reference

File selector dialog. More...

#include <GFileSelect.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
char *	Name ()
	Returns the first file name selected.
bool	Name (char *n)
	Sets the file name.
char *	operator[] (int i)
	Returns the n'th file name selected.
int	Length ()
	Returns the number of file names selected.
GViewI *	Parent ()
	Returns the parent window.
void	Parent (GViewI *Window)
	Sets the parent window.
bool	MultiSelect ()
	Returns whether the use can select multiple files.
void	MultiSelect (bool Multi)
	Sets whether the use can select multiple files.
char *	InitialDir ()
	Gets the initial directory to open in.
void	InitialDir (char *InitDir)
	Sets the initial directory to open in.
char *	Title ()
	Gets the title of the dialog box.
void	Title (char *Title)
	Sets the title of the dialog box.
char *	DefaultExtension ()
	Gets the default extension to append to files selected without an extension.
void	DefaultExtension (char *DefExt)
	Sets the default extension to append to files selected without an extension.
int	Types ()
	Returns the number of types in the type list.
int	SelectedType ()
	Returns the 0 based index of the type selected in the type list.
GFileType *	TypeAt (int n)
	Returns the type into at a given index.
bool	Type (char *Description, char *Extension, int Data=0)
	Adds a file type to the type filters list.
void	ClearTypes ()
	Empties the type list.
bool	Open ()
bool	Save ()
bool	OpenFolder ()

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Detailed Description

File selector dialog.

Handles the UI for selecting files for opening and saving and selecting directories. Uses the Win32 system dialogs on Windows and has it's own native window on Linux.

A simple example of this class in action:

    GFileSelect s;
    s.Parent(MyWindow);
    s.Type("PNG Files", "*.png");
    if (s.Open())
    {
        LgiMsg(MyWindow, "The file selected is '%s'", "Example", MB_OK, s.Name());
    }

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Member Function Documentation

bool GFileSelect::Open (   )

Shows the open file dialog Returns: true if the user selected a file, otherwise false

bool GFileSelect::OpenFolder (   )

Shows the open folder dialog Returns: true if the user selected a folder, otherwise false

bool GFileSelect::Save (   )

Shows the save file dialog Returns: true if the user selected a file, otherwise false

bool GFileSelect::Type (  char *  Description, char *  Extension, int  Data = 0 )

Adds a file type to the type filters list. Parameters: Description  This full description of the file type Extension  The extension(s) of the file type: e.g: '*.png;*.gif;*.jpg' Data  Application defined 32-bit value.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• GFileSelect.h
• common/Lgi/GFileSelect.cpp
• win32/Lgi/GFileSelect.cpp

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