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require 'java'

module FileChooser

  # show a popup dialog prompting for them to select a file
  # pretty ugly
  def choose_file(title, use_this_dir = nil)
  
    fc = java.awt.FileDialog.new(nil, title)
    if use_this_dir
      # FileDialog only accepts it a certain way.
      dir = File.expand_path(use_this_dir).gsub(File::Separator, File::ALT_SEPARATOR)
      fc.setDirectory(dir) 
    end
    # lodo allow for a FileFilter, too...
    Thread.new { sleep 2; fc.to_front } # it gets hidden, unfortunately
    fc.show
    if fc.get_file
      out = fc.get_directory + '\\' + fc.get_file
    end
    fc.remove_notify # allow out app to exit
    out
  end
  
  extend self
  
end

if __FILE__ == $0
  p FileChooser.choose_file("test1", '..')
end

Version data entries

6 entries across 6 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
sensible-cinema-0.7.7	lib/file_chooser.rb
sensible-cinema-0.7.5	lib/file_chooser.rb
sensible-cinema-0.7.4	lib/file_chooser.rb
sensible-cinema-0.7.3	lib/file_chooser.rb
sensible-cinema-0.7.2	lib/file_chooser.rb
sensible-cinema-0.7.1	lib/file_chooser.rb