Can't point file requester to a specific folder...

For reasons unknown, the ChangeDir command doesn't affect the filerequester path. I change the dir before I do a file request and it always opens up the last folder. Anyone know how to fix this? I don't want to use a different GUI or Lib.

*Pulling my hair out*

Chroma

Just grab the currentdir$() first into a temp string

Then do your changedir

Do your bits and pieces

Then change it back again.

What I'm saying is I want the filerequester to open a specific folder and I'm changing the directory to that folder just before the filerequester is triggered. But it's not working. Is the ChangeDir command broken is this aspect?

ChangeDir doesn't have anything to do with the file requester, its for the file i/o commands. I don't think that RequestFile has this functionality so maybe you should suggest it in the B+ update thread (bug reports). If anyone knows how to make this work I'd be interested as well.

This command was updated in the latest version:

RequestFile$( title$,exts$[,save][,defname$] )

..where defname$ is the default directory to use.

That's not how defname$ works for me. Defname$ is the default filename not the directory.

The way I understand it is that RequestFile uses the 'OpenSaveMRU' bit of the registry - that's a Windows thing and not really Blitz's fault.

Is does both AFAICT.

Why don't the 1.39 docs reflect this?

TBH there should be a RequestFileDir command, this would sort it out :)