[TxMt] tm_dialog: add FileSelect + Appending Accessory Views

[Hans-Jörg Bibiko]

On 26.07.2007, at 00:33, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> On 25. Jul 2007, at 15:08, Hans-Joerg Bibiko wrote:
>
>> I wonder if it possible 'easily' to enhance tm_dialog in a way  
>> that one can also use it as FileSelect dialog, like CocoaDialog it  
>> does, in conjunction with an user-defined nib-file to append a  
>> CustomView to the predefined NSOpenPanel.
>> [...]
>
> Yeah, that shouldn’t be too hard. Are you asking because you want  
> to take a swing at it yourself, or because you’d like to see others  
> add it? Personally I probably won’t work much on tm_dialog until  
> Leopard.
>

Now I added a fileSelect to tm_dialog. I simply cloned the method for  
showAlert and I wrote:

[in Dialog.mm]
- (id)showFileSelect:(NSString*)filePath withParameters:(NSDictionary  
*)parameters modal:(BOOL)modal
{
	
	NSOpenPanel*	openPanel = [[[NSOpenPanel alloc] init] autorelease];
	NSMutableDictionary*	resultDict = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
	NSString*	startDir = [parameters objectForKey:@"startDir"];
	BOOL	allowsMultSel = ([[parameters objectForKey:@"allowsMultSel"]  
isEqualToString:@"YES"]) ? YES : NO;
	
	[openPanel setAllowsMultipleSelection:allowsMultSel];
	[openPanel setCanChooseDirectories:([[parameters  
objectForKey:@"canChooseDir"] isEqualToString:@"YES"]) ? YES : NO];
	[openPanel setCanChooseFiles:YES];
	
	if ([startDir length] == 0) startDir = NSHomeDirectory();
	int openPanelResult = [openPanel runModalForDirectory: startDir  
file: nil										types: [parameters objectForKey:@"fileType"]];
	
	if (openPanelResult)
	{
		if (allowsMultSel)
			[resultDict setObject:[[openPanel filenames] retain]  
forKey:@"fileNames"];
		else
			[resultDict setObject:[[openPanel filename] retain]  
forKey:@"fileName"];
	}
	[resultDict setObject:[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedInt:(unsigned) 
openPanelResult] forKey:@"buttonClick"];
	return resultDict;
}

OK.

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"$DIALOG" -F -p '{fileType= 
("txt","log");allowsMultSel="YES";canChooseDir="YES";startDir="~/ 
Desktop";}'

gives you

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http:// 
www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>buttonClick</key>
	<integer>1</integer>
	<key>fileNames</key>
	<array>
		<string>/Users/Bibiko/Desktop/tt0.txt</string>
		<string>/Users/Bibiko/Desktop/tt1.txt</string>
	</array>
</dict>
</plist>


####################
"$DIALOG" -F

gives you

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http:// 
www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>buttonClick</key>
	<integer>1</integer>
	<key>fileName</key>
	<string>/Users/Bibiko/Desktop/ntries.db</string>
</dict>
</plist>

####################
and if cancel it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http:// 
www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>buttonClick</key>
	<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
</plist>


Fine.
####################

But now I need some help with the accessory view:

1) How should such a nib look like? Can someone write such one?

2) How can I load such a nib and how can I have access to it within  
the showFileSelect method?


Any hints?

Thanks,

Hans