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Article #138Re: Can I set file browser widget?
From: Jim Patterson
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 16:29
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 16:29
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John Hagedorn (hagedorn@betsy.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
:
: Is there a way of setting the selection of a file browser widget from
: my program? On module initialization, I want to set the directory to
: the current working directory. I have tried this code:
:
: store_frames_init ()
: {
: char curr_dir[256];
:
: if ( getcwd (curr_dir, 256) == NULL)
: {
: return -1;
: }
:
: strcat (curr_dir, "/*");
I think the problem is adding the * to the end of the directory. The
explorer widget doesn't know how to deal with the wildcard. I have
successfully set the directory by using "./".
Hope this helps,
Jim
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