1file_select_ex(3) Allegro manual file_select_ex(3)
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6 file_select_ex - Displays the Allegro file selector with a caption.
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9 #include <allegro.h>
10 int file_select_ex(const char *message, char *path, const char *ext,
13 int size, int w, int h);
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16 Displays the Allegro file selector, with the message as caption. The
17 path parameter contains the initial filename to display (this can be
18 used to set the starting directory, or to provide a default filename
19 for a save-as operation). The user selection is returned by altering
20 the path buffer, whose maximum capacity in bytes is specified by the
21 size parameter. Note that it should have room for at least 80 charac‐
22 ters (not bytes), so you should reserve 6x that amount, just to be
23 sure. The list of files is filtered according to the file extensions in
24 the ext parameter. Passing NULL includes all files; "PCX;BMP" includes
25 only files with one of the fields in the extension list can begin with
26 a slash, followed by a set of attribute characters. Any attribute writ‐
27 ten on its own, or with a '+' before it, indicates to include only
28 files which have that attribute set. Any attribute with a '-' before it
29 indicates to leave out any files with that attribute. The flag charac‐
30 ters are 'r' (read-only), example, an extension string of "PCX;BMP;/+r-
31 h" will display only PCX or BMP files that are read-only and not hid‐
32 den. The directories are not affected in the same way as the other
33 files by the extension string: the extensions are never taken into
34 account for them and the other attributes are taken into account only
35 when 'd' is mentioned in the string; in other words, all directories
36 are included when 'd' is not mentioned in the string. The file selector
37 is stretched to the width and height specified in the w and h parame‐
38 ters, and to the size of the standard Allegro font. If either the
39 width or height argument is set to zero, it is stretched to the corre‐
40 sponding screen dimension. This function returns zero if it was closed
41 with the Cancel button or non-zero if it was OK'd.
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45 gui_fg_color(3)
46Allegro version 4.4.2 file_select_ex(3)