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folderSelector()
Opens the folder selector dialog and writes the name of the selected folder to the string variable "path".

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- Introduction to CTRL
  An introduction to the product's own programming language Control(CTRL).
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    - fclose()
      Closes a file.
    - folderSelector()
      Opens the folder selector dialog and writes the name of the selected folder to the string variable "path".
    - fileSelector()
      Opens the file selection dialog and returns the selected file name.
    - fscanfPL()
      Reads a file similar to fscanf() except changes to the current WinCC OA language before converting.
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      Similar to the function Debug() but instead of writing to the log viewer returns the debug messages as string,.
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      Returns the time in a particular format.
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      Reads a file.
    - fillSelector()
      Opens the filling pattern selector and writes the selection to a variable.
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      This function loads an ASCII file and writes the contents into a string variable.
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      Opens the font type selector and writes the selection to a variable.
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      Opens a file.
    - feof()
      Examines whether an end of file has been noted.
    - formatSelector()
      Opens the format selector and writes the string format that has been selected on the format string variable.
    - fread()
      Reads a number of bytes from a file to a blob variable.
    - fscanfUL()
      Reads a file like fscanf(), but change to the current Windows user language before converting.
    - fileEditor()
      Opens text files such as .txt and .doc files in an editor. You can edit both plain and rich text.
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      Writes a string to a file.
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      Writes to a file similar to fprintf() except changes to the current Windows user language before converting.
    - fgets()
      Returns a string from a file.
    - ftell()
      The ftell function obtains the current value of the file position indicator for the stream pointed to by f.
    - ferror()
      Examines whether a file error has been noted.
    - fswRemovePath()
      The function removes a path from the monitoring of the FileSystemWatcher.
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folderSelector()

Opens the folder selector dialog and writes the name of the selected folder to the string variable "path".

Synopsis

int folderSelector(string path);

Parameters


Parameter	Description
path	path of the selected folders
fileActions	Specifies if file operations are allowed within the file selector, e.g. create new files or folders. By default, file actions are allowed.

Return value

If OK then 1, otherwise 0

Description

Opens the folder selector dialog and writes the name of a selected folder to the string variable "path". The valid content of the variable "path" is an absolute path string. The folder dialog opens with the folder "path".

The following example opens the folder dialog and debugs the folder in the log viewer.

main()
{
  int x;
  string f;
  x=folderSelector(f);
  DebugN(f); // the selected folder
}

Disable File Actions Code Snippet

string folder = getPath(DATA_REL_PATH);
folderSelector(folder, false);

Assignment

Selection and configuration dialogs

Availability

UI