A better open/close filedialog for the device.

[taximania]

I received an email from a member who was a little confused about the alternative open/close dialog changer.
So I thought I'd write a quick tutorial.

The open/close file dialog on the device is somewhat limited to what directories are available for opening or saving files to/from.

Download it here.
filedlgchg

The files you need are:
filedlgchg.cpl
gsgetfile.dll
Probably located in the /ARM folder in the zip file.

Copy these files to your device's Windows directory.
Then click filedlgchg.cpl to activate it. A soft reset may be required.

Now when you issue a opendialog1.show command, the entire device is available to you.
When you open a dialog, if you tap the bottom left side of the screen, left of the keyboard icon, it takes you up a level.
The word 'Up' should be displayed there, but it doesn't on my WM6 device

If you want the dialog to open in your root directory, put,
opendialog1.File="\" before calling opendialog1.Show
Or place it in Sub App_Start

To open the dialog in your current working directory, use,
opendialog1.File= AppPath

Any filepath can be used this way.

Questions ?? Feel free to ask

 

[Caravelle]

Hi

For us paranoid pessimists, can you tell us if it's possible to revert to the original dialog if for some reason the change all goes horribly wrong?

Thanks

Caravelle

 

[derez]

I use it for few years already and never felt the need to revert...

 

[Caravelle]

That's just a recommendation, not a guarantee!

Caravelle

 

[corwin42]

You can delete the files again and get the old file dialog back. You even can disable the new file dialog for an application or you can disable it completely.

This was one of the first tools I ever installed on a PPC and I never wanted to uninstall it.

Greetings,

 

[Caravelle]

That's more like it! Good news, I shall try it out.

Thanks

Caravelle