wxDir::GetFirstFile syntax for filespec

[Otto Wyss]

I can't find what's allowed for the filespec parameter. Does anyone
know? Is it documented anywhere?

O. Wyss

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[Kevin Hock]

I use something like "*.zip" in my code, I so I would assume things like ?
are supported too.

Why not just try it and find out? :-D

Kevin

[Otto Wyss]

"Kevin Hock" <hoc...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I use something like "*.zip" in my code, I so I would assume things like ?
> are supported too.
>
> Why not just try it and find out? :-D
>

I tried "*.cpp;*.h", "*.cpp|*.h" they both doesn't seem to work.

[Kevin Hock]

Otto,

This code works fine for me:

wxArrayString SkinFiles;
const wxString FileSpec = _T("*.zip");
const int flags = wxDIR_FILES;

if (m_SkinsDirectory != wxEmptyString && wxDirExists(m_SkinsDirectory))
{
// Get all .zip files
wxDir::GetAllFiles(m_SkinsDirectory, &SkinFiles, FileSpec, flags);
}

I think GetAllFiles uses the same methods you are trying to use.

I don't know if that helps or not.

Regards,

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Otto Wyss" <w...@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.wxwindows
To: <wx-u...@lists.wxwindows.org>

[Aj Lavin]

Hello,

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 10:13:00PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote:

>
> "Kevin Hock" <hoc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > This code works fine for me:
> >
> > wxArrayString SkinFiles;
> > const wxString FileSpec = _T("*.zip");
> >

> This works here as well but how do you formulate multiple choices?
> VC++ accepts "*.cpp;*.h", explorer allows "*.cpp,*.h". At least
> "*.cpp|*.h" should work but it doesn't.

>
> > I think GetAllFiles uses the same methods you are trying to use.
> >
> > I don't know if that helps or not.

Yes, and they both end up in wxMatchWild under
wxGTK-2.4.2. wxMatchWild only supports '*' and '?', and does NOT
support multiple patterns like '|' or ';'.

On wxMSW-2.4.0 they end up calling the win32 function FindFirstFile,
"which can contain wildcard characters (* and ?)":

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/findfirstfile.asp

Looks like neither platform allows multiple patterns. I am guessing
that wxGTK's implementation was designed to emulate the behavior of
MSW's FindFirstFile.

- Aj

[Fabian Cenedese]

>> This works here as well but how do you formulate multiple choices?
>> VC++ accepts "*.cpp;*.h", explorer allows "*.cpp,*.h". At least
>> "*.cpp|*.h" should work but it doesn't.
>

>Yes, and they both end up in wxMatchWild under
>wxGTK-2.4.2. wxMatchWild only supports '*' and '?', and does NOT
>support multiple patterns like '|' or ';'.
>
>On wxMSW-2.4.0 they end up calling the win32 function FindFirstFile,
>"which can contain wildcard characters (* and ?)":
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/findfirstfile.asp
>
>Looks like neither platform allows multiple patterns. I am guessing
>that wxGTK's implementation was designed to emulate the behavior of
>MSW's FindFirstFile.

The OpenFileDialogs under MSW do support multiple extensions, but
for FindFirstFile (don't know GTK) you'd need to split the string and loop
through all extensions.

bye Fabi