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Newcomers DBPro Corner / openDialog works but what next, where dose the file name go, how do I get it?

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Slaid
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Posted: 7th Apr 2006 22:10
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Hello,

I'm making a simple viewer for my .dbo files, so I can look att my game objects and see how they look with there textures.(The program zooms in and out and spinns them around so I can look att them from every angle.)

I added a button that opens a dialog ruta so I can choose which file to show. When I click on the file I want how do I get its name into the (load object "Objects\plane.dbo" , 1) command. I want to replace plane.dbo with the name of the file.

This is the code I use to open the dialog box.
if eventSource()=btnLoadList
file$=openDialog("Load a file","dbo Files (*.dbo)|*.dbo")
endif

I would think the file name should be saved to some sort of varible but how?
Thanks for any help

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Posted: 7th Apr 2006 22:47 Edited at: 7th Apr 2006 22:48
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not even having used it, but if it works like VB then file$ holds the name of the file you selected while in openDialog, the function returns the name of the file you selected, just use load object file$,1 or whatever.



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Posted: 8th Apr 2006 03:27
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yep

check for "" before opening the file tho, the user may have cancelled* which returns "" (empty string) You'll crash you app if file$=""


(*depending on what dialog this is, my plugin has a .NET OpenFileDialog which allows Cancel and returns "")

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Posted: 8th Apr 2006 10:43
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Hej,

Since I was trying to adapt from an example, there was a piece of code that was makeing file$ equal to 0. I took that out and now the code works.( I used a lot of print file$ before I found the mistake.) Your replies got me on the right track, thanks.

Here's the code that works.

rem first loop to get the dbo file to show object.
do
getevent
if eventType()=MOUSE_CLICK
if eventSource()= Gadget1
file$=openDialog("Load List","dbo Files (*.dbo)|*.dbo")
endif
exit
endif

loop

load object file$, 1
PositionObjectPro(1,0,0,5)

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