Lua:createOpenDialog

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function createOpenDialog(owner) : OpenDialog

Creates an OpenDialog for selecting files.

Configure dialog properties before calling execute(). Read the selected value only when execute() returns true.

Function Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
owner	Component	The component that owns the dialog.

Returns

OpenDialog — The created OpenDialog object.

Examples

1 local form = createForm()
2 local dialog = createOpenDialog(form)
3 if dialog.execute() then
4   print(dialog.FileName)
5 end

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◆ Lua
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◆ createForm
◆ createFormFromFile
◆ createFormFromStream
◆ createLuaEngine
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◆ createMemoryView

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◆ createImageList
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Dialogs

◆ createColorDialog
◆ createFindDialog
◆ createOpenDialog
◆ createSaveDialog
◆ createSelectDirectoryDialog

Strings / Streams

◆ createStringlist
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◆ createTimer
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◆ createMemScan
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◆ createRegion