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OpenDialogMBS class

dim o as OpenDialogMBS
dim i,c as Integer
dim f as FolderItem

o=new OpenDialogMBS
o.ShowHiddenFiles=true
o.PromptText="Select one or more files:"
o.MultipleSelection=true
o.ActionButtonLabel="Open files"
o.CancelButtonLabel="no, thanks."
o.WindowTitle="This is a window title."
o.ClientName="Client Name?"
o.ShowDialog

c=o.FileCount
if c>0 then
  for i=0 to c-1
    f=o.Files(i)
    
    Listbox1.AddRow f.NativePath
  next
  
else
  // MsgBox "no file was selected."
  quit
end if

• 2 events
  • event FilterItem(file as folderitem, filterMode as Integer) as boolean
  • event SelectionChanged(file as folderitem)
• 21 properties
  • property accessoryView as Variant
  • property ActionButtonLabel as String
  • property AllowFolderSelection as Boolean
  • property Creator as String
  • property CustomPicture as Picture
  • property File as FolderItem
  • property FileCount as Integer
  • property InitialDirectory as FolderItem
  • property Lasterror as Integer
  • property Left as Integer
  • property MultipleSelection as Boolean
  • property ParentWindow as Variant
  • property PromptText as String
  • property ResolveAliases as Boolean
  • property ShowHiddenFiles as Boolean
  • property Top as Integer
  • property TreatFilePackagesAsDirectories as Boolean
  • property UseCustomPicture as Integer
  • property WindowTitle as String
• 10 methods
  • method AddType(t as OpenDialogFileTypeMBS)
  • method ClearTypes
  • method CountTypes as Integer
  • method Files as FolderItem()
  • method Files(index as Integer) as folderitem
  • method GetCustomImageHeight as Integer
  • method GetType(index as Integer) as OpenDialogFileTypeMBS
  • method Items as OpenDialogItemMBS()
  • method RefreshCustomImage
  • method ShowDialog

This class has no sub classes.

Some examples using this class:

• /CURL/FTP/CURLS ftp file uploads
• /Util/OpenDialog
• /Util/OpenDialog with Filter

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