Can't browse to open file

[Anonymous]

When I open the software and try select "open", I have to type in the name of the drawing and path on the command line, it won't allow me to browse for the drawing or show recently used drawings.  I can work around this by typing in the path and name, but it is inconvenient.  Is there a setting that I need to change? 

[Anonymous]

How does this switch to 0 by itself? this is not something I ever would have chosen. I'm very grateful to have found a solution. Thank you.

[Neilw_05]

Often after a crash the FILEDIA variable gets set to 0.

[jeff_rivers]

Custom commands or scripts that need to run without user input can disable echoing text to the command line while they run.  They also may set FILEDIA to 0 to prevent the dialog box from appearing; this way the script can enter the appropriate path & filename on the command line.  

When the script concludes, it should set FILEDIA back to 1, but if the script is interrupted before it concludes, you're stuck with FILEDIA=0.  

[santhoulakis]

Have noticed that when a crash happens after trying to export drawing to Autocad (crashing is quite common in that case) FILEDIA is set to 0.

[Anonymous]

great help, thanks!

[Anonymous]

Thank you. This fixed my issue

[Anonymous]

I can't browse MY Files window when clicking Open files.....    It just gives me a dialog box.  I entered the FILEDIA=1 and it says can't find file. I need help.

[Neilw_05]

The command is FILEDIA, not FILEDIA=1. Type FILEDIA, enter, then at the prompt for a value type 1.

[MMcCall402]

Also, this needs to be entered at the command line with a file already open. So, open any file, enter Filedia, set it to 1. Close the file.  Now it should operate as you'd expect with a dialog box for browsing files.

[juan.villarrealQP7KG]

thanks man that worked

[rkmcswain]

Its hard to believe that in the year 2022, that the worlds leader in design software with $3.79B in revenue, still has a product that requires users to go out to a forum to find an answer about something so trivial as a missing dialog. There are so many technical ways to overcome this "issue", yet here we are still making end users wonder why it happens.

[Joe-Bouza]

Indeed.

you point it out elegantly.  Sad reality is users have been asking this question for 30 years or more