GetOpenFilename

GetOpenFilename

[Boulais, Jeffrey M]

I am trying to use GetOpenFilename to get an open file dialong.  I have code
that work fine under gnat 3.04
( using -gnatp ) that doesn't work now under gnat3.11 (w/o -gnatp).  I was
previously using an unchecked
conversion of the first character of a string to a Win32.LPSTR for the
lpstrFile field.  Now this causes the
open file dialog to not display.  If I use a dummy variable defined of type
Win32.LPSTR, the dialog opens
fine, but I can't get the filename from the LPSTR type to a standard String.
I also tries assigning the LPSTR
variable the unchecked conversion of the string, and that made it stop
working as well.

Does anyone have suggestions for this type of thing?  Greatly appreciated...



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Re: GetOpenFilename

[dennison]

In article <4AsR2.646$dd.256779@WReNphoon3>,
  jboulais@sikorsky.com (Boulais, Jeffrey M) wrote:
> I am trying to use GetOpenFilename to get an open file dialong.  I have code
> that work fine under gnat 3.04
> ( using -gnatp ) that doesn't work now under gnat3.11 (w/o -gnatp).  I was
> previously using an unchecked
> conversion of the first character of a string to a Win32.LPSTR for the
> lpstrFile field.  Now this causes the
> open file dialog to not display.  If I use a dummy variable defined of type
> Win32.LPSTR, the dialog opens
> fine, but I can't get the filename from the LPSTR type to a standard String.
> I also tries assigning the LPSTR

If you could post the code chunk that has the problem, you might be able to
get better responses.

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Re: GetOpenFilename

[Stephen Leake]

jboulais@sikorsky.com (Boulais, Jeffrey M) writes:

> I am trying to use GetOpenFilename to get an open file dialong.  I have code
> that work fine under gnat 3.04
> ( using -gnatp ) that doesn't work now under gnat3.11 (w/o -gnatp).  I was
> previously using an unchecked
> conversion of the first character of a string to a Win32.LPSTR for the
> lpstrFile field.  Now this causes the
> open file dialog to not display.  If I use a dummy variable defined of type
> Win32.LPSTR, the dialog opens
> fine, but I can't get the filename from the LPSTR type to a standard String.
> I also tries assigning the LPSTR
> variable the unchecked conversion of the string, and that made it stop
> working as well.
> 
> Does anyone have suggestions for this type of thing?  Greatly appreciated...

You'll have to post the code to get a real answer.

Or just download Windex
(http://www.erols.com/leakstan/Stephe/index.html), and use
Windex.Common_Dialogs.File.Open_Dialog, which does all the nasty
conversions for you, leaving you with a nice clean Ada interface.

-- Stephe

Re: GetOpenFilename

[David Botton]

There is an example of using the GetOpenFileName function on the Ada
Source Code Treasury:

http://www.botton.com/ada

The example is located under the OS section:

Using the Open File Common Dialog Box
http://www.botton.com/ada/os/win32-opencmdlg.html

There are many other examples there that you may find of interest. New
examples are always on the hunt, so let me know if you have any thing
interesting.

David Botton

"Boulais, Jeffrey M" wrote:
> 
> I am trying to use GetOpenFilename to get an open file dialong.  I have code
> that work fine under gnat 3.04
> 
> ( using -gnatp ) that doesn't work now under gnat3.11 (w/o -gnatp).  I was
> previously using an unchecked
> 
> conversion of the first character of a string to a Win32.LPSTR for the
> lpstrFile field.  Now this causes the
> 
> open file dialog to not display.  If I use a dummy variable defined of type
> Win32.LPSTR, the dialog opens
> 
> fine, but I can't get the filename from the LPSTR type to a standard String.
> I also tries assigning the LPSTR
> 
> variable the unchecked conversion of the string, and that made it stop
> working as well.
> 
> Does anyone have suggestions for this type of thing?  Greatly appreciated...
> 
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