Mr R:> 

I have another question? Will this be applied to the DOS version as well.

We currently use mostly the DOS version in where this would come in
handy, although I could write a specific app to handle this in the Win
version if I had to.

TIA
Jim Limburg

--- "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 01:40 PM 6/7/2002 -0700, Jim Limburg wrote:
> 
> >To add the question...
> >How do you get it to list long file names using this option???
> 
> 
> Jim,
> 
> How?  ... Very simple!
> 
> Using The Glorious R:BASE 2000 (ver 6.5++) for Windows, Inline Patch-3,
> Build:1.855xRT03 (currently under beta testing):
> 
> Scenario A:
> To display all files in the current directory in a pop-up list, including 
> files
> with long file names with long extensions. The chosen file name is stored
> in the variable v1.
> 
> CLS
> SET RBGSIZE CENTER CENTER 800 600
> SET CAPTION ' '
> SET VAR v1 TEXT = NULL
> CHOOSE v1 FROM #LFILES AT 10 30 TITLE 'Select File' CAPTION 'Check it out!' 
> FORMATTED
> 
> Will display all files in the current directory in a pop-up list.
> 
> Scenario B:
> To display all files in the current directory in a pop-up list with HTML 
> extension.
> R:BASE will display a pop-up list of all files in the specified directory 
> with the
> .HTML extension. The chosen file name is stored in the variable v1.
> 
> CLS
> SET RBGSIZE CENTER CENTER 800 600
> SET CAPTION ' '
> SET VAR v1 TEXT = NULL
> CHOOSE v1 FROM #LFILES IN *.HTML AT 10 30 TITLE 'Select File' CAPTION 
> 'Check it out!' FORMATTED
> 
> Scenario C:
> 
> To test it further (just for fun), create a long file name with long 
> extension and see what happens.
> 
> At the mighty R> prompt:
> 
> RBEdit LongFileName.LongExtension
> 
> Type anything and then make sure to save the file.
> 
> CLS
> SET RBGSIZE CENTER CENTER 800 600
> SET CAPTION ' '
> SET VAR v1 TEXT = NULL
> CHOOSE v1 FROM #LFILES AT 10 30 TITLE 'Select File' CAPTION 'Check it out!' 
> FORMATTED
> 
> Will display LongFileName.LongExtensions in a pop-up list.
> 
> If you would like to test the current inline patch-3 beta, you may submit 
> your request to:
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Enjoy and make sure to have fun!
> 
> Very Best Regards,
> 
> Razzak.
> 
> 
> 
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