The short answer to your questions is Yes, it is a different dialog box. And
Yes, I'm very familiar with the (getfiled) function, I use it all of the
time. To see specific examples of two of the available "Browse for Folder"
dialog boxes:
From my last post
There is a directory browser in the Express Tools suite (acet-ui-pickdir)
To see this one (with Express Tools loaded) type the following at the
command line:
(acet-ui-pickdir)
To see the one built into AutoCAD (from my original post):
(for example) browsing for a search path?
Here is a step by step for this example:
Type OPTIONS at the command line:
Select the FILES tab:
Expand the SUPPORT FILE SEARCH PATH item:
Select any of the path statements or hit the ADD Button:
hit the BROWSE... Button:
There's even another one in the Dos_lib suite floating around, but again,
I'm looking for the built in one to prevent dependancy upon add-ons and
plug-ins.
Thanx again
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"Kent Cooper, AIA" wrote in message
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> I've been trying to figure this out, but I guess I just don't understand
> what you're trying to do. In what way is it different from what
AutoLisp's
> "getfiled" function does for you? Under what circumstances does a dialog
> box called "Browse for Folder" appear? I couldn't find it -- for example,
> in the first case I could think of off-hand where you might actually be
> looking for a folder, rather than a file, the dialog box that comes up
when
> you pick "Browse" in the Xref Manager is called "Select new path." Is the
> one you refer to, wherever it is, any different from the regular file
dialog
> box? If so, in what way?
>
> With "getfiled" you can have the dialog box that comes up titled any way
you
> want (that's one of the terms in the function format), so you could force
it
> to give you a file dialog box titled "Browse for Folder" like this
example,
> if you want it within an button or pop or screen-menu Insert item:
>
> ^C^C-INSERT (getfiled "Browse for Folder"
>
" hes>" "dwg" 0)
>
> (Check out help for different things you can do with the last two terms.)
> Could it be that some custom routine, using language like this, is the
> source of this dialog box, and that in fact it's just a regular old file
> dialog box, but with a custom title?
>
> The "getfiled" function is supposed to work with any command asking for a
> file name or location, I think. Quoting from the AutoLisp Reference:
>
> "You can use this dialog box to browse through different drives and
> directories, select an existing file, or specify the name of a new file."
>
> Is what you're trying to do different from any of those choices
(considering
> that "folders" and "directories" are the same thing)? Does your "Browse
for
> Folder" dialog box do something that's not covered under "...browse
> through...directories" here?
>
> Kent Cooper, AIA
>
> "Gary J. Orr" wrote...
> >
> > AutoCAD has a "Browse for Folder" dialog, I'm asking how to access it.
> >
>
>