Doubt about the "root dir" parameter in FileSelectFolder function

[TheDcoder]

Hello! , I have a little doubt about the "root dir" parameter in FileSelectFolder, The helpfile states:

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Root directory of GUI file tree. It limits a choice in the root folder. Use "" for Desktop to be root.

Questions:

1. GUI file tree? Isn't that something like this?:

But the dialog for selecting a folder in FileSelectFolder is similar to the dialog of FileOpenDialog

 

2. "It limits the choice in the root folder"... "" is considered to be @DesktopDir, then why am I able to select folders outside the Desktop folder?

 

Thanks in Advance, TD

[Jos]

4 minutes ago, TheDcoder said:

But the dialog for selecting a folder in FileSelectFolder is similar to the dialog of FileOpenDialog

Not really, FileSelectFolder selects a folder where as FileOpenDIalog() allows for selecting a file.

The root dir is what it is ... the root of the tree shown in the selection window, so am not sure what your question is there.

Jos

 

[TheDcoder]

1 minute ago, Jos said:

Not really, FileSelectFolder selects a folder where as FileOpenDIalog() allows for selecting a file.

"Similar" is what I used... not "similar" is not "same"

 

2 minutes ago, Jos said:

The root dir is what it is ... the root of the tree shown in the selection window

This is what I see when I run the example script:

 

Its not restricting me to the desktop folder only, I can select any folder in my hard drive... but it shouldn't be like that when I use root dir

[Jos]

The example is not using the @DesktopDir.

This is using the desktop dir:

$f=FileSelectFolder("test",@DesktopDir)

 

[TheDcoder]

@Jos But helpfile says:

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Use "" for Desktop to be root

 

[JohnOne]

The root folder is just the one which is shown initially.

[TheDcoder]

@JohnOne I know already but I was confused about this part:

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It limits a choice in the root folder

 

[Jos]

There are 2 desktop's used by microsoft:

The top one is what the default is for FileSelectFolder() and the actual @DesktopDir is the second shown in the image.

Jos

[TheDcoder]

16 minutes ago, Jos said:

There are 2 desktop's used by microsoft

I was not aware of that... Thanks!

[JohnOne]

1 hour ago, TheDcoder said:

@JohnOne I know already but I was confused about this part:

 

Might be a throw back from win9x or xp.

[TheDcoder]

@JohnOne I Agree

[mLipok]

7 hours ago, TheDcoder said:

I was not aware of that...

Just like me.
So no worry you are not alone

mLipok

 

[TheDcoder]

@mLipok Thanks