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Hi there.

I'm having trouble with the Open File Dialog function. I can call it, and it returns a variable for the file, but if I put anything into the filter string, I get nothing in the directory that I'm viewing, apart from folders. The help file seems a bit brief and there seems to be no example.

This is what it says in the help file...



However, I don't know exactly what to put into the filter. I've tryed "sav", ".sav", "*.sav", "(*.sav)" and so on, but no luck. If I leave the filter string blank, it shows all files, and the file type box is blank, but if I add anything to the filter, I get a strange list of strings.

If I run it in the IDE, I get something like in picture on the left (attatched). If I compile it and run the EXE, I get some of the variables that are lying elsewhere in my program (see right part of picture)!

It's probably me who's gone wrong somewhere, but I wish I could help myself. I'm sorry to bother anyone, and thank you very much for reading this far.

edit

see below.

Firstly there seems to be some confusion about which dialog you are using. You seem to be wanting to save but you are showing the OPEN FILE DIALOG help file. Perhaps you should try the SAVE FILE DIALOG.
As for the filter parameter is to define which file types you want to be able to save as (or load if using OPEN FILE DIALOG). You need a description and a suffix for each file type you want to use and then seperate each with a pipe character.
So, let's say for example you wanted to be able to save PNG files or BMPs ONLY. The filter parameter would look like this:

"PNG files|*.png|Bitmap files|*.bmp"

... or another example. You want to save text files or any type of file.

"Text files|*.txt|All files|*.*"

Oops, yes, I've been using the save file dialog function in my code, but grabbed the wrong definition from the manual. My bad.

Thanks a lot for helping me out, but I still can't get it to work. I'm literally typing into the filter string "Save Files|*.sav", and although those strange other filter options are gone, it still isn't filtering properly. It's as if I've put in "All Files|*.*", because I can see every type of file in the directory.

EDIT: I've found a function made by Jess T. I'm going to try that to see if it works...

EDIT 2: Yep, works perfectly. Thanks again for all your help.