NAME¶
al_create_native_file_dialog - Allegro 5 API
SYNOPSIS¶
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#include <allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h>
ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER *al_create_native_file_dialog(
char const *initial_path,
char const *title,
char const *patterns,
int mode)
DESCRIPTION¶
Creates a new native file dialog. You should only have one such dialog opened at
a time.
Parameters:
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- initial_path: The initial search path and filename. Can be NULL. To start
with a blank file name the string should end with a directory separator
(this should be the common case).
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- title: Title of the dialog.
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- patterns: A list of semi-colon separated patterns to match. You should
always include the pattern "*.*" as usually the MIME type and
not the file pattern is relevant. If no file patterns are supported by the
native dialog, this parameter is ignored.
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- mode: 0, or a combination of the flags below.
Possible flags for the 'flags' parameter are:
- ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_FILE_MUST_EXIST
- If supported by the native dialog, it will not allow entering new names,
but just allow existing files to be selected. Else it is ignored.
- ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_SAVE
- If the native dialog system has a different dialog for saving (for example
one which allows creating new directories), it is used. Else ignored.
- ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_FOLDER
- If there is support for a separate dialog to select a folder instead of a
file, it will be used.
- ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_PICTURES
- If a different dialog is available for selecting pictures, it is used.
Else ignored.
- ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_SHOW_HIDDEN
- If the platform supports it, also hidden files will be shown.
- ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_MULTIPLE
- If supported, allow selecting multiple files.
Returns:
A handle to the dialog which you can pass to al_show_native_file_dialog(3alleg5)
to display it, and from which you then can query the results. When you are
done, call al_destroy_native_file_dialog(3alleg5) on it.
If a dialog window could not be created then this function returns NULL.
