Save file dialog

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theyikes
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Hello again! i have a quick question about showing a save file dialog box. Is it difficult?
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Here is some example code, I added the project source

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  1. Public Sub Form_Open()
  2.  
  3.   Application.MainWindow = Me
  4.   Me.Center
  5.   Me.Caption = "How to save some text using a Dialog.SaveFile"
  6.  
  8.  
  9. Public Sub Button1_Click()
  10.  
  11.   If Dialog.SaveFile() Then
  12.     'Cancel was clicked
  13.   Else
  14.     'Save the file using returned Dialog.Path
  15.     File.Save(Dialog.Path, TextArea1.Text)
  17.  
  19.  
  20. Public Sub TextArea1_Change()
  21.  
  22.   Button1.Enabled = True
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It's easy , you just have to wrap your head around the fact the return value is an error value and does not mean success.

So If Dialog.SaveFile() = True there was an error (cancel was clicked)

It seems kinda counter intuitive but there it is, many other gambas methods work that way too.

You can set Dialog.Path (plus other Dialog properties) before you call it then the dialog opens at that path.  then you read Dialog.Path after to get the chosen path.

Have a read of the wiki to learn about Dialog.Title, Dialog.Filter/Dialog.FilterIndex, etc
/comp/gb.qt4/dialog - Gambas Documentation

And if you add the component gb.form.dialog you will get more advanced dialogs with more options…
/comp/gb.form.dialog/dialog - Gambas Documentation
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