topic how to get TEXT I/O add-on filename with DIALOG in Libraries & objects

how to get TEXT I/O add-on filename with DIALOG

piton — Wed, 24 May 2023 09:41:44 GMT

Hi all!

Does anyone know a way to get the file name the user selected with the "TEXT" I/O add-on in v16?
I would like to display the name of the file in 2D.

I wrote in the master script:

polych = OPEN("TEXT", polyfile, "SEPARATOR=',', MODE=RO, DIALOG")

polyfile is a string parameter.

It only gives a dialog window when polyfile has changed. After that polyfile doesn't contain the path the user selected.

Is it a bug?

Re: how to get TEXT I/O add-on filename with DIALOG

Piotr Dobrowolski — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:03:57 GMT

Long time ago I tried it...but gave up... this plug works when the path and the name is typed in (partly, because sometimes even if typed in it refuses to load/save to a different file than the one first selected).

Someone should write the plug again (Please GS) from scratch so this functionality worked (that's why eg. Cadimage did for themselves as they use a lot of ways of saving things in their objects).

Best Regards,
Piotr

Re: how to get TEXT I/O add-on filename with DIALOG

Erwin Edel — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:14:34 GMT

You just want a block of text to show the filename? There is autotext string for that.

You should be able to just input that into either text you place on plan or a textblock in GDL. The string is <FILENAME>