VDKFileChooser Class Reference

Provides a wrap for GtkFileChooser widget. More...

#include <vdkfilechooser.h>

Inheritance diagram for VDKFileChooser:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

• VDKFileChooser (VDKForm *owner, FileStringArray *selections, char *title)
• void AddFilterPattern (char *name, char *pattern)
• void SetDefaultFilter (char *name)
• void RemoveFilter (char *name)

Public Attributes

• VDKReadWriteValueProp< VDKFileChooser,
  bool > MultiSelection
• VDKReadWriteValueProp< VDKFileChooser,
  GtkFileChooserAction > Action

Private Member Functions

• void Setup (void)

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Detailed Description

Provides a wrap for GtkFileChooser widget.

Usage

  #include <vdk/vdkfilechooser.h>
  FileStringArray selections;
  VDKFileChooser* fc = new VDKFileChooser(this, &selections,"File chooser");
  // fc->MultiSelection = true; // comment out for multi selection mode
  fc->AddFilterPattern("All files","*");
  fc->AddFilterPattern("C sources","*.c");
  fc->AddFilterPattern("CC sources","*.cc");
  fc->AddFilterPattern("C/CC headers","*.h");
  fc->SetDefaultFilter("All files");
  fc->ShowModal();
  // returns selections array filled with 1 or more filenames pending
  // on selection mode (set with MultiSelection property)
  if(selections.size() == 1)
    {
    printf("\nSelected:%s",(char*) selections[0]);
    fflush(stdout);
    }
  else if(selections.size() > 1)
    {
      for(int t = 0; t < selections.size(); t++)
            printf("\nSelected:%s",(char*) selections[t]);
      fflush(stdout);
    }

On return selections will be an empty array if user presses "cancel" button.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

END_SIGNAL_MAP VDKFileChooser::VDKFileChooser	(	VDKForm *	owner,
		FileStringArray *	selections,
		char *	title
	)

Constructor

Parameters:

	owner
	selections	a FileStringArray pointer
	title	window title

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Member Function Documentation

void VDKFileChooser::Setup

(

void

)

[private, virtual]

Must be overridden by subclasses, in this method user fills form with useful widgets

Implements VDKForm.

void VDKFileChooser::AddFilterPattern	(	char *	name,
		char *	pattern
	)

Add a filter based on a pattern

Parameters:

	name	a human readable name
	pattern	a filter pattern (ie: *.cc")

void VDKFileChooser::SetDefaultFilter

(

char *

name

)

set <name> filter as default

Parameters:

name

a human readable name

void VDKFileChooser::RemoveFilter

(

char *

name

)

remove <name> filter from filter's list

Parameters:

name

a human readable name

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Member Data Documentation

VDKReadWriteValueProp<VDKFileChooser,bool> VDKFileChooser::MultiSelection

setting this property to true allow selecting more than one file (false by default)

VDKReadWriteValueProp<VDKFileChooser,GtkFileChooserAction> VDKFileChooser::Action

sets file chooser mode, can be one of following:

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN Indicates open mode. The file chooser will only let the user pick an existing file. (this is the default mode)
• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE Indicates save mode. The file chooser will let the user pick an existing file, or type in a new filename.
• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER Indicates an Open mode for selecting folders. The file chooser will let the user pick an existing folder.
• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_CREATE_FOLDER Indicates a mode for creating a new folder. The file chooser will let the user name an existing or new folder.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• vdkfilechooser.h
• vdkfilechooser.cc

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