Output folder selection

[Richard Robinson]

I wish to be able to select a folder for the output of a mbx to save results but am having difficulty in finding the appropriate MapBasic code. The nearest I have found  is the  FileOpenDlg("","","*.*","Output Location") command but this requires the selection of a existing file within the output directory!

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

You can use FileSaveAsDlg() to let the user specify a not-existing file.

This will also warn the user about overwriting a potential existing file.

 

Are you looking to le the user just pick the output directory?

This is useful if you create multiple outputs

 

Peter

 

 

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Peter Horsbøll Møller

Principal Sales Engineer - Distinguished Engineer

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I wish to be able to select a folder for the output of a mbx to save results but am having difficulty in finding the appropriate MapBasic code. The nearest I have found  is the  FileOpenDlg("","","*.*","Output Location") command but this requires the selection of a existing file within the output directory!

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[Richard Robinson]

Hi Peter,

Yes I’m just after the user selecting either an existing or new output folder. The file save as still requires a file to be selected and in the case of a new folder there will be no existing files.

Thanks for the assistance.

Richard

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[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Hi

 

Try this:

 

1. Download and place the FILELib.dll in the folder with your MBX.

 

You can find the DLL here in the MapBasic Common Library:

https://github.com/PeterHorsbollMoller/mbLibrary

 

The file FILELib.dll.def contains a listing of all the methods in the DLL:

https://github.com/PeterHorsbollMoller/mbLibrary/blob/master/FILELib.dll.def

 

2. Include this declaration at the top of your source code:

 

Declare Method FILEBrowseForFolder

      Class "FILELib.Files"  Lib "FILELib.dll" Alias "BrowseForFolder"

      (       ByVal sDescription As String      'Text to display in the dialog

            , ByVal sFolder As String           'Start folder to use in the dialog

            ) As String

 

Or download the file FILELib.DLL.def from above to get access to more methods from the DLL and include this in your source code at the top:

 

Include "FILELib.DLL.def"

 

3. In your code where you want the user to pick a folder, use this:

 

sPath = FILEBrowseForFolder("Select directory for output data...", sPath)

If sPath = "" Then

   Exit Sub

End If

 

Cheers

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Hi Richard

 

I created this article going over some of the options for selecting files and folder:

https://community.precisely.com/discussion/mapbasic-monday-selecting-files-and-folders

 

Cheers

Peter

 

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Principal Sales Engineer - Distinguished Engineer

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[Richard Robinson]

Thanks Peter

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