MUI_Dirlist

Dirlist.mui

Super class

List.mui

Background

Dirlist class provides a quick and easy way of showing entries in a directory. It features lots of control attributes, many of them known from the popular ASL file requester.

This class is NOT intended to replace asl.library! Nobody wants to see every MUI application coming with another selfmade file requester. Please continue using ASL for real file requesting purposes!

However, sometimes it may be useful to have a little directory list placed somewhere in your user interface. Imagine an answering machine tool that stores incoming calls in a preconfigured directory. Using a dirlist object, you can include the GUI for selecting a call in your window with lots of other gadgets like "Play", "Delete", etc.

Dirlist class offers all of a files attributes: name, size, date, time, flags and comment. Using the MUIA_List_Format attribute, you can control which of them shall be displayed.

If you want to read the entries of your directory, just send the dirlist object a MUIM_List_GetEntry method. You will receive a pointer to a struct FileInfoBlock which remains valid until your next call to MUIM_List_GetEntry.

Attributes

Attribute	Version	ISG	Type
MUIA_Dirlist_AcceptPattern	V4	ISG	STRPTR
MUIA_Dirlist_Directory	V4	ISG	STRPTR
MUIA_Dirlist_DrawersOnly	V4	IS.	BOOL
MUIA_Dirlist_ExAllType	V20	I.G	ULONG
MUIA_Dirlist_FilesOnly	V4	IS.	BOOL
MUIA_Dirlist_FilterDrawers	V4	IS.	BOOL
MUIA_Dirlist_FilterHook	V4	IS.	struct Hook *
MUIA_Dirlist_MultiSelDirs	V6	IS.	BOOL
MUIA_Dirlist_NumBytes	V4	..G	LONG
MUIA_Dirlist_NumBytes64	V20	..G	int64 *
MUIA_Dirlist_NumDrawers	V4	..G	LONG
MUIA_Dirlist_NumFiles	V4	..G	LONG
MUIA_Dirlist_Path	V4	..G	STRPTR
MUIA_Dirlist_Pattern	V20	IS.	STRPTR
MUIA_Dirlist_RejectIcons	V4	IS.	BOOL
MUIA_Dirlist_RejectPattern	V4	ISG	STRPTR
MUIA_Dirlist_SortDirs	V4	IS.	LONG
MUIA_Dirlist_SortHighLow	V4	IS.	BOOL
MUIA_Dirlist_SortType	V4	IS.	LONG
MUIA_Dirlist_Status	V4	..G	LONG

Methods

Method	Version
MUIM_Dirlist_Rename	V21
MUIM_Dirlist_ReRead	V4
MUIM_Dirlist_SetComment	V21
MUIM_Dirlist_SetProtection	V21

MUIA_Dirlist_AcceptPattern

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_AcceptPattern -- V4 [ISG], STRPTR, 0x8042760a

FUNCTIONS Entries not matching this pattern are rejected. Note that the pattern has to be parsed with dos.library/ParsePatternNoCase(). Since V20 empty strings are handled like no pattern string.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_RejectPattern, MUIA_Dirlist_FilterDrawers

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory -- V4 [ISG], STRPTR, 0x8042ea41

FUNCTION

Set a new directory for the dirlist object. Since reading a directory can take a long long time, MUI delegates this work to a sub task.

Setting this attribute causes the object to clear the current directory (if any) and start loading a new one. MUIA_Dirlist_Status will be set to MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Reading and the sub task will be launched.

By listening to MUIA_Dirlist_Status, you can learn if the directory reading is completed or if something went wrong.

A value of NULL just clears the current directory and sets MUIA_Dirlist_Status to MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Invalid.

EXAMPLE

set(dirobj, MUIA_Dirlist_Directory, "ftp:incoming");

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Status

MUIA_Dirlist_DrawersOnly

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_DrawersOnly -- V4 [IS.], BOOL, 0x8042b379

FUNCTION

Indicate whether you only want drawers to be displayed.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory, MUIA_Dirlist_FilesOnly

MUIA_Dirlist_ExAllType

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_ExAllType -- V20 [I.G], ULONG, 0x8042cd7c

FUNCTION

Set an ExAll() type to use. If you need the ExAllData structure in a Dirlist hook, set the type you need here, then get the attribute again to make sure your type is supported by MUI. Note that you might get a higher type back.

EXAMPLE

dirobj = DirlistObject, MUIA_Dirlist_ExAllType, ED_OWNER, End;
if(xget(dirobj, MUIA_Dirlist_ExAllType) >= ED_OWNER)
{
  /* all fine */
}

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_FilterHook

MUIA_Dirlist_FilesOnly

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_FilesOnly -- V4 [IS.], BOOL, 0x8042896a

FUNCTION

Indicate whether you only want files to be displayed.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory, MUIA_Dirlist_DrawersOnly

MUIA_Dirlist_FilterDrawers

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_FilterDrawers -- V4 [IS.], BOOL, 0x80424ad2

FUNCTION

Indicate whether you want drawers matched agains MUIA_Dirlist_RejectPattern and MUIA_Dirlist_AcceptPattern.

Defaults to FALSE.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_RejectPattern, MUIA_Dirlist_AcceptPattern

MUIA_Dirlist_FilterHook

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_FilterHook -- V4 [IS.], struct Hook *, 0x8042ae19

FUNCTION

A hook to call for each file encountered. If the function returns TRUE, the file is included in the file list, otherwise it is rejected and not displayed. The function receives the following parameters:

struct Hook *hook (in A0) the hook itself.

Object *obj (in A2) the Dirlist object.

struct ExAllData *exd (in A1) a pointer to an initialized ExAllData structure. This one is valid up to the ed_Comment field.

All other filter attributes are ignored when a MUIA_Dirlist_FilterHook is set.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory

MUIA_Dirlist_MultiSelDirs

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_MultiSelDirs -- V6 [IS.], BOOL, 0x80428653

FUNCTION

Allows multi selection of directories.

Defaults to FALSE.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_FilterDrawers

MUIA_Dirlist_NumBytes

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_NumBytes -- V4 [..G], LONG, 0x80429e26

FUNCTION

When MUIA_Dirlist_Status is MUIV_Dirlist_Valid, you can obtain the number of bytes occupied by the directory from this tag.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_NumFiles, MUIA_Dirlist_NumDrawers

MUIA_Dirlist_NumBytes64

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_NumBytes64 -- V20 [..G], int64 *, 0x80428050

FUNCTION

When MUIA_Dirlist_Status is MUIV_Dirlist_Valid, you can obtain the number of bytes occupied by the directory from this tag as 64bit value.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_NumFiles, MUIA_Dirlist_NumDrawers

MUIA_Dirlist_NumDrawers

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_NumDrawers -- V4 [..G], LONG, 0x80429cb8

FUNCTION

When MUIA_Dirlist_Status is MUIV_Dirlist_Valid, you can obtain the number of drawers in the displayed directory from this tag.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_NumFiles, MUIA_Dirlist_Status

MUIA_Dirlist_NumFiles

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_NumFiles -- V4 [..G], LONG, 0x8042a6f0

FUNCTION

When MUIA_Dirlist_Status is MUIV_Dirlist_Valid, you can obtain the number of files in the displayed directory from this tag.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_NumDrawers, MUIA_Dirlist_Status

MUIA_Dirlist_Path

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_Path -- V4 [..G], STRPTR, 0x80426176

FUNCTION

When MUIA_Dirlist_Status is MUIV_Dirlist_Valid and you have an active entry in the list (MUIA_List_Active not equal MUIV_List_Active_Off), you will receive a pointer to the complete path specification of the selected file. Otherwise you get a NULL.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Status

MUIA_Dirlist_Pattern

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_Pattern -- V20 [IS.], STRPTR, 0x8042c761

FUNCTION

Set a DOS pattern to match all found file names against. The given pattern string will be used in a case insensitive way if neither the accept nor the reject pattern excluded the file from inclusion.

EXAMPLE

set(dirobj, MUIA_Dirlist_Pattern, "#?.png");

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_AcceptPattern, MUIA_Dirlist_RejectPattern

MUIA_Dirlist_RejectIcons

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_RejectIcons -- V4 [IS.], BOOL, 0x80424808

FUNCTION

Indicate whether you want icons (*.info files) to be rejected.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory

MUIA_Dirlist_RejectPattern

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_RejectPattern -- V4 [ISG], STRPTR, 0x804259c7

FUNCTION

Entries matching this pattern are rejected. Note that the pattern has to be parsed with dos.library/ParsePatternNoCase(). Since V20 empty strings are handled like no pattern string.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_AcceptPattern, MUIA_Dirlist_FilterDrawers

MUIA_Dirlist_SortDirs

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_SortDirs -- V4 [IS.], LONG, 0x8042bbb9

SPECIAL INPUTS

• MUIV_Dirlist_SortDirs_First
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortDirs_Last
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortDirs_Mix

FUNCTION

Adjust the place where directories shall be displayed.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_SortHighLow, MUIA_Dirlist_SortType

MUIA_Dirlist_SortHighLow

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_SortHighLow -- V4 [IS.], BOOL, 0x80421896

FUNCTION

Indicate if you want to sort your directory reversely.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_SortType, MUIA_Dirlist_SortDirs

MUIA_Dirlist_SortType

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_SortType -- V4 [IS.], LONG, 0x804228bc

SPECIAL INPUTS

• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Name
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Date
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Size
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Comment
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Flags
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Type
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Used
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Time
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_DateTime
• MUIV_Dirlist_SortType_Count

FUNCTION

Indicate what fields should be used as sort criteria.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_SortDirs, MUIA_Dirlist_SortHighLow

MUIA_Dirlist_Status

NAME

MUIA_Dirlist_Status -- V4 [..G], LONG, 0x804240de

SPECIAL INPUTS

• MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Invalid
• MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Reading
• MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Valid

FUNCTION

Read the status of the dirlist object. The result is one of

MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Invalid object contains no valid directory.

MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Reading object is currently reading a new directory.

MUIV_Dirlist_Status_Valid object contains a valid directory.

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory

MUIM_Dirlist_Rename

NAME

MUIM_Dirlist_Rename -- V21, 0x8042d336

SYNOPSIS

DoMethod(obj, MUIM_Dirlist_Rename, LONG row, CONST_STRPTR newname);

FUNCTION

Rename the file or directory associated with the specified row to the new name.

INPUTS

LONG row row of entry to be renamed.

CONST_STRPTR newname new name of entry.

RESULT

Zero on success or IoErr() value in case of failure.

SEE ALSO

dos.library/IoErr(), dos.library/Rename()

MUIM_Dirlist_ReRead

NAME

MUIM_Dirlist_ReRead -- V4, 0x80422d71

SYNOPSIS

DoMethod(obj, MUIM_Dirlist_ReRead);

FUNCTION

Force the dirlist object to reread the current directory.

EXAMPLE

if(NewCallReceived())
  DoMethod(dirlistobj, MUIM_Dirlist_ReRead);

SEE ALSO

MUIA_Dirlist_Directory

MUIM_Dirlist_SetComment

NAME

MUIM_Dirlist_SetComment -- V21, 0x8042b378

SYNOPSIS

DoMethod(obj, MUIM_Dirlist_SetComment, LONG row, CONST_STRPTR comment);

FUNCTION

Set the comment of the file or directory associated with the specified row to the new comment.

INPUTS

LONG row row of entry to be commented.

CONST_STRPTR comment new comment of entry.

RESULT

Zero on success or IoErr() value in case of failure.

SEE ALSO

dos.library/IoErr(), dos.library/SetComment()

MUIM_Dirlist_SetProtection

NAME

MUIM_Dirlist_SetProtection -- V21, 0x804202bb

SYNOPSIS

DoMethod(obj, MUIM_Dirlist_SetProtection, LONG row, ULONG flags);

FUNCTION

Set the protection bits the file or directory associated with the specified row to the new value.

INPUTS

LONG row row of entry to set the protection bits for.

ULONG flags new protection bits.

RESULT

Zero on success or IoErr() value in case of failure.

SEE ALSO

dos.library/IoErr(), dos.library/SetProtection()

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