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Contents 1 GetUserFileNameForRead() 1.1 Parameters 1.2 Returns 1.3 Examples 1.4 C++ 1.4.1 Perl 1.4.2 Python 1.5 See Also 1.6 Stuff

GetUserFileNameForRead()

bool GetUserFileNameForRead(char* filename, const char* title, const char* defext)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
char*	filename	The default filename displayed by the dialogue box to the user.
const char*	title	The title of the Windows dialogue box.
const char*	defext	The default file extension for the Windows dialogue box.

Returns

An array or list, the elements of which are:

Type	Name	Description
boolean	result	1 if user pressed ok, 0 if user pressed cancel
char*	filename	The filename chosen by the user.
const char*	title	The title of the Windows dialogue box, this can be ignored.
const char*	defext	The default file extension for the Windows dialogue box, this can be ignored.

Examples

C++

Perl

# GetUserFileNameForRead.pl
#

use strict;
use warnings;

my ($result, $filename, $title, $defext);

$title = "Go Mad, Choose a file...";
$defext = '*';

($result, $filename, undef, undef) = RPR_GetUserFileNameForRead($filename, $title, $defext);

RPR_ShowConsoleMsg("$result, $filename");

Python

See Also

Stuff

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