4.4.15 Browse Button Properties (General Items) dialog box
The Browse Button Properties dialog box appears when you select and double-click a browse button in the menu form view of the Script Menu Editor window.
The Browse Button Properties dialog box has five tabs: General Items, Common Items, Background, Key, and Style. Click the General Items tab to display the Browse Button Properties (General Items) page.
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- Organization of this subsection
(1) Components
In the Browse Button Properties (General Items) dialog box, you can set the following items for a browse button.
- Text
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Type the text to be displayed on the browse button. You can specify character strings or a variable name that stores character strings.
You cannot specify an array variable for a variable name.
- Variable name
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Select this check box if you want to specify a variable in Text.
- Display Open File dialog
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Select this check box to display the Open File dialog box when the user clicks the browse button.
- Display Save As dialog
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Select this check box to display the Save As dialog box when the user clicks the browse button.
- Display Select Folder dialog
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Select this check box to display the Select Folder dialog box when the user clicks the browse button.
- Link field name
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Specify the field name of the control in which the file specified in the Open File dialog box or Save As dialog box or the folder selected in the Select Folder dialog box will be stored.
This item is mandatory.
- File extensions
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Specify a file format to act as a filter when files are listed in the Open File dialog box or Save As dialog box. Select one of the following:
- Executable files <*.exe>
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List executable files only.
- Batch files <*.bat>
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List batch files only.
- Script files <*.spt>
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List script files only.
- All files <*.*>
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List all files.
- Other
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List files other than the above.
- Extension
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Specify an extension as a filter for listing files in the Open File dialog box or Save As dialog box. This option is available only if you select Other.
- Description
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Write a description of the files to list in the dialog box. This option is available only if you select Other.
The File extensions area is unavailable if you select the Display Select Folder dialog check box.
(2) Operations
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Click OK to apply the settings and close the Browse Button Properties dialog box.
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Click Cancel to close the dialog box without applying the settings.
(3) Processing
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When the Display Open File dialog or Display Save As dialog check box is selected, and the linked field string contains a forward slash (/) or backward slash (\), the selected dialog box does not appear when the user selects the browse button.