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marcolobaido
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Select several files

Post by marcolobaido »

Hi, I use the "open dialog" action to select a file and attach it in a mail but I can select only one. How can I select more files?
Oleg
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Re: Select several files

Post by Oleg »

Maybe we need to add the feature to select several files.
Now you can use this algorithm (see task below)
You can select several files on-by-one. To stop selection just press Cancel on the open dialog.

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;*****************************
;* RoboTask Task file
;* Do not edit in text editor!
;*****************************
 
[Root]
ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0
Actions=FOLDER
Automat=INTEGER|-1
CatID=INTEGER|444033236
Comment=STRINGLIST
ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0
ExternalName=STRING|"Task303"
Hide=INTEGER|0
ID=INTEGER|1272630076
LogOnAsUser=INTEGER|1
Name=STRING|"open several files"
OnErrorTaskID=INTEGER|-1
Priority=INTEGER|3
RunOnClose=INTEGER|0
RunOnStartup=INTEGER|0
ToLog=INTEGER|3
UnicodeFormat=INTEGER|1
WriteGeneralLog=INTEGER|0

[Actions]
Action1=FOLDER
Action2=FOLDER
Action3=FOLDER
Action4=FOLDER
Action5=FOLDER
Action6=FOLDER
Action7=FOLDER
Action8=FOLDER
Action9=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_CREATE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Create local variable ""LIST"" with value """""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1\Params]
expand=STRING|"0"
varkind=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"LIST"

[Actions\Action2]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_WHILE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"While loop"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action2\Params]
case=STRING|"0"
connection=STRING|"0"
count=STRING|"1"
operator=STRING|"0"
type=STRING|"3"
value1=STRING|"True"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_OPEN"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Open Dialog"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action3\Params]
caption=STRING|"Open File"
default=STRING|"None"
filter=STRING|"Text files|*.txt|All files|*.*|"
variable=STRING|"FILENAME"

[Actions\Action4]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FLOW_IF"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"If Then"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action4\Params]
case=STRING|"0"
connection=STRING|"0"
count=STRING|"1"
operator=STRING|"0"
type=STRING|"0"
value1=STRING|"{FileName}"
value2=STRING|"none"

[Actions\Action5]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_BREAK"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Break"

[Actions\Action6]
ActionID=STRING|"A_FLOW_ENDIF"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"End If"

[Actions\Action7]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_SET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Set variable ""LIST"" with value ""{List}{FileName}{EOL}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action7\Params]
expand=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"LIST"
varvalue=STRING|"{List}{FileName}{EOL}"

[Actions\Action8]
ActionID=STRING|"A_LOOP_END"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"End Loop"

[Actions\Action9]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Selected files:"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action9\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Selected files:"
msg1=STRING|"{List}"
msgcount=STRING|"2"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

Save the text of the task to a file and use menu Task->Import to import the task into RoboTask.
Oleg Yershov
marcolobaido
Posts: 70
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:54 pm

Re: Select several files

Post by marcolobaido »

Thank you very much. It would be a very useful action.
Oleg
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Re: Select several files

Post by Oleg »

Next version contains modified Open dialog.
You can download already,
Oleg Yershov
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