Actually, this has worked in versions of WIndows going back quite a ways (I think even Win 95 did this to some degree). It's just a facet of the operating system; without "rolling your own" dialog box (which you *can* do, BTW - all the tools are there to do it), you are stuck with what the OS gives you.
Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yates, Glen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:41 PM Subject: RE: Changing File Names from Answer Dialogs > This behavior is not unique to Windows XP or Metacard, it works like this in > Windows 2000 as well, and for all apps that use standard file dialogs. I > discovered this quite by accident about a week ago, as I accidentally pasted > a filename into the wrong place, well, not thinking that the filename would > actually be changed, I then pasted the text into the filename box and > pressed the save button, thus overwriting the contents of the file that I > had just inadvertently renamed. > > -Glen > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ray Horsley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:05 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Changing File Names from Answer Dialogs > > > > > > I've just purchased a new laptop with Windows XP Pro on it, and I was > > horified to find out that I can change file names from the > > Answer Dialog > > when ever I use it in MetaCard scripts. Does anybody know of a way to > > prevent, through MetaCard, users from being able to do this > > (without getting > > into 3rd party security software or security settings in Windows XP)? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ray Horsley > > Developer, LinkIt! Software > > > > _______________________________________________ > > metacard mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
