NAME

       file_select_ex - Displays the Allegro file selector with a caption.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       int  file_select_ex(const char *message, char *path, const char *ext, int size, int w, int
       h);

DESCRIPTION

       Displays the Allegro file selector, with  the  message  as  caption.  The  path  parameter
       contains  the initial filename to display (this can be used to set the starting directory,
       or to provide a default filename for a save-as operation). The user selection is  returned
       by  altering  the  path  buffer,  whose maximum capacity in bytes is specified by the size
       parameter.  Note that it should have room for at least 80 characters (not bytes),  so  you
       should reserve 6x that amount, just to be sure. The list of files is filtered according to
       the file extensions in the ext parameter.  Passing  NULL  includes  all  files;  "PCX;BMP"
       includes  only  files  with  ".PCX"  or ".BMP" extensions. If you wish to control files by
       their attributes, one of the fields in the extension list can begin with a slash, followed
       by  a  set of attribute characters. Any attribute written on its own, or with a '+' before
       it, indicates to include only files which have that attribute set. Any  attribute  with  a
       '-'  before  it  indicates to leave out any files with that attribute. The flag characters
       are "r" (read-only), "h" (hidden), "s" (system), "d" (directory) and  "a"  (archive).  For
       example,  an  extension  string of "PCX;BMP;/+r-h" will display only PCX or BMP files that
       are read-only and not hidden. The directories are not affected in  the  same  way  as  the
       other  files by the extension string: the extensions are never taken into account for them
       and the other attributes are taken into account only when 'd' is mentioned in the  string;
       in  other words, all directories are included when 'd' is not mentioned in the string. The
       file selector is stretched to the width and height specified in the w  and  h  parameters,
       and  to  the size of the standard Allegro font.  If either the width or height argument is
       set to zero, it is stretched to the corresponding screen dimension. This function  returns
       zero if it was closed with the Cancel button or non-zero if it was OK'd.

SEE ALSO

       gui_fg_color(3alleg4)