[pygtk] Win32 file chooser

[Nikos Kouremenos]

Chris, is it possible you could put a comment or two and add it to the FAQ?

thanks in advance

On 3/6/06, Chris Lambacher <chris at kateandchris.net> wrote:
> I use MFC CreateFileDialog provided by win32ui in win32all.
>
> Here is something that works on win2k and XP for sure:
>
> filtertypes = [('All Font Files (*.ttf, *.otf, *.pfm)',
>                         ('*.ttf','*.otf', '*.pfm')),
>                ('True Type Font Files (*.ttf)', ('*.ttf',)),
>                ('Open Type Font Files (*.otf)', ('*.otf',)),
>                ('Type 1 Font files (*.pfm)', ('*.pfm',)),
>                ('All Files (*.*)', ('*',))]
>
> filters = []
> for fil_name, fil_exts in filtertypes:
>     filter = '|'.join((fil_name, ';'.join(fil_exts)))
>     filters.append(filter)
>
> filter = '|'.join(filters+[''])
>
> dlg = win32ui.CreateFileDialog( True, None, None,
>                                 win32con.OFN_HIDEREADONLY |
>                                 win32con.OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT |
>                                 win32con.OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST, filter)
>
> dlg.SetOFNTitle('Select font file')
>
> response = dlg.DoModal()
> if response != win32con.IDOK:
>     return
>
> filename = dlg.GetPathName()
> del dlg
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:27:19PM +1100, John Pye wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Has anyone had any success getting the following example from the FAQ to
> > run?
> >
> > http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=show&file=faq21.013.htp
> >
> > For me, running with Python 2.4 on Win2k, it doesn't work:
> >
> > > Exception in thread Thread-12:
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "C:\Python24\lib\threading.py", line 442, in __bootstrap
> > >     self.run()
> > >   File "C:\Python24\lib\threading.py", line 422, in run
> > >     self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
> > >   File "examplewinfile.py", line 12, in run_dialog
> > >     s = winfilechooser._test("This is a dialog", "C:\\WINDOWS")
> > >   File "g:\ascend\pygtk\interface\winfilechooser.py", line 132, in _test
> > >     if win32gui.GetOpenFileName(cs1.data):
> > > TypeError: Argument must be a 88-byte string
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Cheers
> > JP
> >
> > --
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Nikos Kouremenos