Ok, I'm trying to allow the user to browse their computer for a file ending in a specific file extention (in this case .mdf). The problem is, I don't know how. I can get the dialog box to pop up that allows them to browse for folders, but I don't know how to do this for files.
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Let User Browse for Specific File
- Thread starter DroopyA
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Document Type: WSE
item: Global
Version=9.02
Title=test
Flags=01000100
Languages=65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese Font Name=MS Gothic
Japanese Font Size=9
Progress Bar DLL=%_WISE_%\Progress\WIZ%_EXE_OS_TYPE_%.DLL
Start Gradient=0 0 255
End Gradient=0 0 0
Windows Flags=00000100000000010011110000000110
Message Font=MS Sans Serif
Font Size=8
Pages Modified=00100000001000100000000000000000
Disk Label=Default
Disk Filename=SETUP
Patch Flags=0000000000000001
Patch Threshold=85
Patch Memory=4000
MIF PDF Version=1.0
MIF SMS Version=2.0
FTP Cluster Size=20
Dialogs Version=7
Crystal Format=10111100101100000010001001001001
Step View=&Properties
Variable Name1=_SYS_
Variable Default1=C:\WINNT\System32
Variable Flags1=00001000
Variable Name2=_WIN_
Variable Default2=C:\WINNT
Variable Flags2=00001000
Variable Name3=_WISE_
Variable Default3=C:\Program Files\Wise Installation System
Variable Flags3=00001000
end
item: Search for File
Variable=MYMDB
Pathname List=*.mdb
Default=1
Flags=10000000
end
item: Custom Dialog Set
Name=test
item: Dialog
Title=test
Width=290
Height=238
Font Name=Helv
Font Size=8
item: Push Button
Rectangle=5 175 40 190
Enabled Color=00000000000000001111111111111111
Create Flags=01010000000000010000000000000000
Text=Ok
end
item: Listbox
Rectangle=5 5 154 166
Variable=THEYPICKED
Enabled Color=00000000000000001111111111111111
Create Flags=01010000100000010000000101000001
Flags=0000010000000000
Text=%mymdb%
Text=
end
end
end
item: Display Message
Title=You picked this file
Text=%theypicked%
end
item: Global
Version=9.02
Title=test
Flags=01000100
Languages=65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japanese Font Name=MS Gothic
Japanese Font Size=9
Progress Bar DLL=%_WISE_%\Progress\WIZ%_EXE_OS_TYPE_%.DLL
Start Gradient=0 0 255
End Gradient=0 0 0
Windows Flags=00000100000000010011110000000110
Message Font=MS Sans Serif
Font Size=8
Pages Modified=00100000001000100000000000000000
Disk Label=Default
Disk Filename=SETUP
Patch Flags=0000000000000001
Patch Threshold=85
Patch Memory=4000
MIF PDF Version=1.0
MIF SMS Version=2.0
FTP Cluster Size=20
Dialogs Version=7
Crystal Format=10111100101100000010001001001001
Step View=&Properties
Variable Name1=_SYS_
Variable Default1=C:\WINNT\System32
Variable Flags1=00001000
Variable Name2=_WIN_
Variable Default2=C:\WINNT
Variable Flags2=00001000
Variable Name3=_WISE_
Variable Default3=C:\Program Files\Wise Installation System
Variable Flags3=00001000
end
item: Search for File
Variable=MYMDB
Pathname List=*.mdb
Default=1
Flags=10000000
end
item: Custom Dialog Set
Name=test
item: Dialog
Title=test
Width=290
Height=238
Font Name=Helv
Font Size=8
item: Push Button
Rectangle=5 175 40 190
Enabled Color=00000000000000001111111111111111
Create Flags=01010000000000010000000000000000
Text=Ok
end
item: Listbox
Rectangle=5 5 154 166
Variable=THEYPICKED
Enabled Color=00000000000000001111111111111111
Create Flags=01010000100000010000000101000001
Flags=0000010000000000
Text=%mymdb%
Text=
end
end
end
item: Display Message
Title=You picked this file
Text=%theypicked%
end
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