From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro 2.2 file_select example
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:47:56 +0100
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Kenton E. Sinner writes:
>Could someone please post or email me a sample of code for using the
>file_select function in an actual program?  I've tried, but my programs
>keep spontaneously exiting and trying to land in drive A: of all places.

Look in allegro/tools/grabber.c. For example, there is a function:

/* handle the load command */
int loader()
{
   char buf[256];

   strcpy(buf, data_file);
   *get_filename(buf) = 0;

   if (file_select("Load data file", buf, "DAT")) {
      strlwr(buf);
      load(buf);
   }

   return D_REDRAW;
}

That should be fairly easy to follow. It copies the current filename
(data_file) into a temporary string, strips off the filename and
extension to leave just the path, displays the file selector, and then
calls the load() routine if the user clicked on OK.

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