Shoutbox

I have managed to open an Open dialog box with the ComDlg32 function GetFileOpenName function.

However, I cannot specify a filter. They are supposed to be separated by null characters ("\0"), but Plus! stops writing the string into the databloc when it gets to the first null character.

How can I specify a filter with this limitation in place?

or maybe http://www.mpscripts.net/code.php?id=28

quote:

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Originally posted by -!Felu!-

code:

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function BrowseForFile(InitialDir){
BrowseFilter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files|*.*";
var BrowseDialog = new ActiveXObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog")
BrowseDialog.Filter = BrowseFilter;
BrowseDialog.InitialDir = InitialDir;
BrowseDialog.Flags = "&H4";
BrowseDialog.ShowOpen()
return BrowseDialog.FileName;
}

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Will that still work in JScript or should it be 0x4 or something

EDIT: Pasted code twice

That works . And you pasted the code twice .

Just want to know for my own beneift now, does that only work because it is being sent as a string rather than a number? I'm sure I tried it like that before but without the quotes

quote:

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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff

quote:

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Originally posted by -!Felu!-

code:

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function BrowseForFile(InitialDir){
BrowseFilter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files|*.*";
var BrowseDialog = new ActiveXObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog")
BrowseDialog.Filter = BrowseFilter;
BrowseDialog.InitialDir = InitialDir;
BrowseDialog.Flags = "&H4";
BrowseDialog.ShowOpen()
return BrowseDialog.FileName;
}

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Will that still work in JScript or should it be 0x4 or something

EDIT: Pasted code twice

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you're right its susposed to be 0x4, &H just means hex in another langauge, but in js you use 0x. Also passing "&H4" is like passing "safswdfasdf" it means nothing to the program because its the wrong type and it has not a clue what &H4 means

Thanks guys, I wanted to use the GetFileOpenName version instead though for various reasons, so thanks Ezra for the link!