Re: Generic file select

["Leandro A. F. Pereira" <leandro linuxmag com br>]

Quoted by a team of ultra midgets
For `Ian Bell <ian ruffrecords worldonline co uk>' 
On Wednesday, 19 November 2003 (14:13):

> For example i have a menu callback which needs allow the user to select a file
>
> name, then loads it.  For preference I would like to be able to write:
>
> mystring = getavalidfilename("My File Dialog Title");
> if(mystring != NULL)
> {
>       loadfile(mystring);
> }
> else
> {
>       handle_error();
> }
>
> The problem I have is the example in the gtk docs returns immediately and the 
> filename is set some time later in in an external variable.

        You can call gtk_main() inside getavalidfilename(), set some external variable
when the OK button is pressed, then call gtk_main_quit() and return that
variable.

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