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</pre><H3>SYNOPSIS</H3>

<B>tixExFileSelectBox<I> <I>pathName ?<I>options</I></B>?

<P>

</pre><H3>SUPER-CLASS</H3>

The <B>TixExFileSelectBox</B></I> class does not have a super-class.

</pre><H3>STANDARD OPTIONS</H3>

<B>TixExFileSelectBox</B></I> supports all the standard options of a frame

widget. See the <B>options(n)</B></I> manual entry for details on the

standard options.

</pre><H3>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</H3>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>browseCmd</B></I>

Class:          <B>BrowseCmd</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-browsecmd</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies a command to call whenever the user browses on a filename in

the file listbox (usually by single-clicking on the filename). The command

is called with one argument, the complete pathname of the file.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>command</B></I>

Class:          <B>Command</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-command</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the command to be called when the user chooses on a filename

the file listbox (usually by double-clicking on the filename). The command

is called with one argument, the complete pathname of the file.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>dialog</B></I>

Class:          <B>Dialog</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-dialog</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies a dialog box which contains this ExFileSelectBox widget. The

dialog box must be a widget of the class TixShell or its

descendant classes. <I>This is an internal option and should not be used

by application programmers.</B></I>

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>dircmd</B></I>

Class:          <B>DirCmd</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-dircmd</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the TCL command to be called when a file listing is needed

for a particular directory. If this option is not specified, by

default the ExFileSelectBox widget will attempt to read the directory

as a Unix directory. On special occasions, the application programmer

may want to supply a special method for reading directories: for

example, when he needs to list remote files. In this case, the

<B>-dircmd</B></I> option can be used. The specified command accepts three

arguments: the first is the name of the directory to be listed; the

second is a list of file patterns, the third is a Boolean value

indicating whether hidden files should be listed. This command returns

a list of names of the files of this directory which match with the

file patterns.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>directory</B></I>

Class:          <B>Directory</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-directory</B></I>

Alias:          <B>-dir</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the current directory whose files and sub-directories are

displayed in the ExFileSelectBox.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>disableCallback</B></I>

Class:          <B>DisableCallback</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-disablecallback</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

A boolean value indicating whether callbacks should be disabled. When

set to true, the TCL command specified by the <B>-command</B></I> option

is not executed when the <B>-value</B></I> of the ExFileSelectBox

widget changes.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>fileTypes</B></I>

Class:          <B>FileTypes</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-filetypes</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the file types that can be selected from the "List Files of

Type:" ComboBox subwidget. The value of this option must be a TCL

list; each item of this list must in turn be a list of two elements.

The first element is a list of file patterns. The second element is a

string that describe these file patterns. For example:

</UL>

<pre><code><code><code>

    tixExFileSelectBox .box -filetypes  {

        {{*}    {All files}}

        {{*.txt}        {Text files}}

        {{*.c *.h}      {C source files}}

    }

</code></code></code></pre>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>showHidden</B></I>

Class:          <B>ShowHidden</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-showhidden</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies whether hidden directories should be shown. By default, a

directory name starting with a period "\." is considered as a hidden

directory.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>pattern</B></I>

Class:          <B>Pattern</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-pattern</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies whether the file pattern(s) to match with the files in the

current directory. One or more file patterns can be given at the same

time. For example, {*\.c *\.h} will match all files that have either the

".h" or ".c" extensions.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>value</B></I>

Class:          <B>Value</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-value</B></I>

Alias:          <B>-selection</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the name of the filename currently selected by the user.

</UL>

</pre><H3>SUBWIDGETS</H3>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>cancel</B></I>

Class:          <B>Button</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The button widget with the "Cancel" label.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>dir</B></I>

Class:          <B>TixComboBox</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The ComboBox subwidget under the "Directories" heading.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>dirlist</B></I>

Class:          <B>TixDirList</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The DirList subwidget that shows the hierarchical list of directories.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>file</B></I>

Class:          <B>TixComboBox</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The ComboBox subwidget under the "Files" heading.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>filelist</B></I>

Class:          <B>TixScrolledListBox</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The ScrolledListBox subwidget that shows the list of filenames.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>hidden</B></I>

Class:          <B>Checkbutton</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The checkbutton widget with the "Show Hidden Files" label.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>ok</B></I>

Class:          <B>Button</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The button widget with the "OK" label.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>types</B></I>

Class:          <B>TixComboBox</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The ComboBox subwidget under the "List Files of Type" heading.

</UL>

</pre><HR>

</pre><H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>

<P>

The <B>tixExFileSelectBox</B></I> command creates a new window (given by

the <I>pathName</I></B> argument) and makes it into a

ExFileSelectBox widget. Additional options, described above,

may be specified on the command line or in the option database to

configure aspects of the ExFileSelectBox such as its cursor

and relief.

The ExFileSelectBox widget is usually embedded in a

tixExFileSelectDialog widget. It provides an convenient method for the

user to select files. The style of the ExFileSelectBox widget is very

similar to the standard file dialog in MS Windows 3.1.

</pre><H3>WIDGET COMMANDS</H3>

<P>

The <B>tixExFileSelectBox</B></I> command creates a new Tcl command whose

window. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the

widget. It has the following general form:

<pre>

<I>pathName option </I></B>?<I>arg arg ...</I></B>?

<P>

</pre>

<I>PathName</I></B> is the name of the command, which is the same as the

<I>arg</I></B>s determine the exact behavior of the command. The following

commands are possible for ExFileSelectBox widgets:

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>cget</B></I> <I>option</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given by

<I>option</I></B>. <I>Option</I></B> may have any of the values accepted by the

<B>tixExFileSelectBox</B></I> command.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>configure</B></I> ?<I>option</I></B>? <I>?value option value ...</I></B>?

</I></B>

<DD> Query or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no

<I>option</I></B> is specified, returns a list describing all of the

available options for <I>pathName</I></B> (see <B>Tk_ConfigureInfo</B></I> for

information on the format of this list).  If <I>option</I></B> is specified

with no <I>value</I></B>, then the command returns a list describing the

one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding

sublist of the value returned if no <I>option</I></B> is specified).  If

one or more <I>option-value</I></B> pairs are specified, then the command

modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in

this case the command returns an empty string.  <I>Option</I></B> may have

any of the values accepted by the <B>tixExFileSelectBox</B></I> command.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>filter</B></I>

</I></B>

<DD> Forces the ExFileSelectBox widget to re-filter all the filenames

according to the <B>-pattern</B></I> option.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>invoke</B></I>

</I></B>

<DD> Forces the ExFileSelectBox widget to perform actions as if the user

has pressed the "OK" button.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>subwidget <I> name ?args?</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> When no options are given, this command returns the pathname of the

subwidget of the specified name.

When options are given, the widget command of the specified subwidget

will be called with these options.

</DL>

</pre><H3>KEYWORDS</H3>

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