CONTAINER FILENAME

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On 30/10/2002 at 03:42, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   8.012 
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when usiing FILENAME in  a res container
the usage is very limited , in particular for a VP plugin.
I need to give my plugin a folder address , but this FILENAME gadget is only happy when I click direectly on some existing filename.
The alternative is to manually either type or copy/paste a folder location into the text feild.
 
my question is  , is there some flag to force the FILENAME to expect a folder and not a file (like a normal file selector)
this would maek it much more usefull.
 
cheers
 
Paul Everett
 
P.s
nice forum you got here :)

THE POST BELOW IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD. RELATED SUPPORT INFORMATION MIGHT BE OUTDATED OR DEPRECATED

On 30/10/2002 at 08:49, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Quote: Originally posted by Paul Everett on 30  October 2002
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> when usiing FILENAME in  a res container
> the usage is very limited , in particular for a VP plugin.
Yes.
> I need to give my plugin a folder address , but this FILENAME gadget is only happy when I click direectly on some existing filename.
Unfortunately this is impossible. It was suggested during development, but never implemented.
> question is  , is there some flag to force the FILENAME to expect a folder and not a file (like a normal file selector)
No. You would have to create your own resource data type and a custom GUI for it. (A good exercise, but perhaps not the answer you wanted... :-)