How to browse folder

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Patratacus(Posted 2010) [#1]
Hi, I'm new to Blitzmax and I have been reading a lot of tutorials. I'm trying to create a data file reader to display a visual representation of the data from a text file. I think I figure out how to use the isostream, but I haven't found a way to do a file browsing dialog box. Is it possible to somehow use the common dialog controls in Windows via Blitzmax?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

-Patrick


jsp(Posted 2010) [#2]
Yes, RequestFile and RequestDir are there for this.

' requestfile.bmx

filter$="Image Files:png,jpg,bmp;Text Files:txt;All Files:*"
filename$=RequestFile( "Select graphic file to open",filter$ )

Print filename

' requestdir.bmx

path$=RequestDir("Select a Folder",CurrentDir())

Print "directory selected was "+path



Patratacus(Posted 2010) [#3]
Thank you! That's very useful. So far it seems that Blitzmax could do everything I need.