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GetFileSaveName – PB Docs 2021 – PowerBuilder Library

GetFileSaveName – PB Docs 2021

GetFileSaveName

PowerScript function

Description

Displays the system’s Save File dialog box with the specified file
name displayed in the File name box. The user can enter a file name or
select a file from the grayed list.

Syntax

Argument

Description

title

A string whose value is the title of the dialog
box.

pathname

A string variable whose value is the default path name and
which stores the returned path. If the user selects a single
file, the pathname variable contains the path name and file
name. The default file name is displayed in the File name box;
the user can specify another name.

filename, filename[ ]

A string variable in which the returned file name is
stored or an array of string variables in which multiple
selected file names are stored. Specifying an array of string
variables enables multiple selection in the dialog box.

extension (optional)

A string whose value is a 1- to 3-character default file
extension. The default is no extension.

filter (optional)

A string whose value is the description of the displayed
files and the file extension that you want use to select the
displayed files (the filter). The format for filter is:
description,*. ext

The default is: “All Files (*.*),*.*”

initdir (optional)

A string whose value is the initial directory name. The
default is the current directory.

aFlag (optional)

An unsigned long whose value determines which options are
enabled in the dialog box. The value of each option’s flag is
calculated as 2 to the power of (index -1), where index is the
integer associated with the option. The value of the aggregate
flag passed to GetFileOpenName is the sum of the individual
option flags. See the table in the Usage section for
GetFileOpenName for a list of options, the index associated with
each option, and the option’s meaning.

Return value

Integer.

Returns 1 if it succeeds, 0 if the user clicks the Cancel button or
Windows cancels the display, and -1 if an error occurs. If any argument’s
value is null, GetFileSaveName returns null.

Usage

If you specify a DOS-style extension and the user enters a file name
with no extension, PowerBuilder appends the default extension to the file
name. If you specify a file mask to act as a filter, PowerBuilder displays
only files that match the mask.

If you specify a string for the filename argument, the user can
select only one file. The pathname argument contains the path name and the
file name, for example C: emp est.txt.

If you specify a string array for the filename argument, the user
can select more than one file. If the user selects multiple files, the
pathname argument contains the path only, for example C: emp. If the user
selects a single file, its name is appended to the pathname argument, for
example C: emp est.txt. For an example that shows the use of a string
array, see the GetFileOpenName
function.

For usage notes on the filter, initdir, and aFlag arguments, see the
GetFileOpenName
function.

Examples

These statements display the Select File dialog box so that the user
can select a single file. The default file extension is .DOC, the filter
is all files, and the initial directory is C:My Documents. The aFlag
option 32770 specifies that an Explorer-style dialog box is used with the
Read Only check box selected when the dialog box is created. If a file is
selected successfully, its path displays in a SingleLineEdit
control:

See also

DirList

DirSelect

GetFileOpenName

GetFolder


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