Hi, Frank --
On Mon, 05 May 2008 15:55:38 -0500, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems
Germany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Tamblyne,
Can someone tell me how the File Selection control is intended to be
used? I know what it actually does, but since it can't be linked to a
data field, the only use I can see is to find a path to cut and paste
into
another field.
This field originates from the time when OpenOffice.org was a browser
I had no idea OOo used to be a browser. Learned something new today --
thanks! :-D
... There's in fact no real use for this control in database documents,
as it is not data-aware. Of course you could add some macro magic to it,
which evaluates the user-entered path and does <whatever> with it.
I don't have the first clue how to write a macro. I want the path to be
stored in a data field so I can have a form where you click a button and
the selected file opens. I already have a macro for the "open the file"
button that SKS posted somewhere. But I don't know how to get the path in
there in the first place, aside from cutting and pasting it from the File
Selection control, or, even worse, from the Windows file manager. Is
there a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? For my own
purposes, it's tedious but works for me. However, since I eventually want
to share this DB with other researchers, I'd like the process to be a
little "cleaner" for lack of a better word.
Even then, however, the control lacks desirable features such as
specifying the list of extensions which it should browse for,
auto-completion, and the like.
Since the "open file" macro I snagged specifies the program the file needs
to be opened with, this is a problem, since it could be a graphic, PDF or
even an OOo doc. I guess I need to look some more and try to find a macro
that doesn't specify a program, but uses the system default for the file
extension.
It's looking like what I want to do can't be done right now. :-(
Thanks for the info!
Tam
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