[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Retrieve String from Open File Dialogue

[Nik Bhattacharya <nik_bhat@xxxxxxxxx>]

FileDialog.open() returns the full path of the file.

So in your listener you would basically have:

	String chosenFile = fd.open();

Is that not what you had in mind?

Regards,
Nik


Gaff wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I wan to retrieve a file location within an app, and save the locatoin 
> as a string.
>
>  From a SWT Shell I have a button that calls FileDialog(s, SWT.OPEN)
>
> The button has a SelectionListener so when it's pushed the the 
> filedialog opens.
>
> The only thing is I want to use the fd.open() part in the original SWT 
> shell but it's wrapped in the listener so I can't access it? Get it out 
> of the wrapper?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Gaff