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From: slh@wolf.cs.washington.edu (Scott Heyano)
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Subject: Re: Getting the filename from a FileSelectionDialog?
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Date: 25 Jan 91 17:19:28 GMT
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In article <36294@netnews.upenn.edu> lau@desci.wharton.upenn.edu (Yan K. Lau) writes:
|I'm sure this is an easy question for everyone but I haven't been able
|to figure it out yet.  How do you get the filename that the user picks
|or types from a FileSelectionDialog?  For instance, after the user clicks
|on the "OK" button, I want to retrieve the name that was chosen.
|
|I have been able to set the XmNdirSpec using the XtSetValues but I haven't
|been able to retrieve it (as a XmString?) and change it back into array
|of char.
|
	Seems like you should be able to get it through XmNdirSpec,
	but I've never tried it.
	The callback struct for the FSB has the pick as an XmString value;
	the field name is value.