the other problem with random file selection is that if you use the load req, it can ask if you wish to overwrite, and if you use the save req, it can tell you that you have no permission to overwrite the file :-(
The OS actually has a dir browser, but in that browser, you can't create new dirs while browsing, and can't type in a path, cause there is no path field... windows file browsing is THE MOST STUPID CONCEPT I have ever had to work around, in ALL softwares I've ever written on windows. It just seems that if you are writting anything else than a word processor of music player, everything in windows is just plain stupid. -MAx On 5/23/07, Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the view-based Req Does support dir selection... no? > > request-dir > > :-) > > -MAx > > On 5/22/07, Carl Read < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks guys. I'd already been using the random file approach, but this > > is for a non-techie who'll get confused by a non-standard requester, so I > > didn't want to use a Rebol one. I'll stick with the random-file approach, I > > think... > > > > -- Carl Read. > > > > On Tuesday, 22-May-2007 at 20:43:29 Graham Chiu wrote, > > > > > > > >You can type a random name in the file selector and then extract the > > >directory from that. > > > > > > > > >On 5/22/07, Anton Rolls < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Not that I know of, and I don't recommend that approach. > > >> It does not seem to be designed for that. > > >> > > >> One should use REQUEST-DIR to get a directory. > > >> It's easy to be unhappy with that simple requester, > > >> though, which is why I made my own. > > >> (You can see it in style-gallery.) > > >> It shows you all dirs and files, but only allows > > >> you to select dirs. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Anton. > > >> > > >> > Is there anyway to make REQUEST-FILE just select a directory? > > >> > (This is with Windows. If you don't have a file name entered, > > >> > all you can do is cancel the request.) > > >> > > > >> > -- Carl Read. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > > >> lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Graham Chiu > > >http://www.synapsedirect.com > > >Synapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
