select folder dialog in external

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thomashummel

Hi,
in a max external, i need to open a dialog to select a folder. How can i do that? Is there any source code?

Thank you
Thomas

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Emmanuel Jourdan

You can call getfolder with something like that:

char path[MAX_PATH_CHARS];
short result, vol;

result = getfolder(&vol);
if (!result) {
    path_topathname(vol, NULL, path);
    post("%s", path);
}
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thomashummel

Hi Emmanuel,

thank you. The next problem is that the folder dialog needs a sort of "promptset". Something like
folder_promptset("Please select the xyfolder");

open_promptset doesn't change the dialog, i tried.

Thomas