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File Open Dialog in Cocoa

Mar 9 2010 · OS X and Cocoa

The Objective-C code from Rick’s World,


int i; // Loop counter.

// Create the File Open Dialog class.
NSOpenPanel* openDlg = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];

// Enable the selection of files in the dialog.
[openDlg setCanChooseFiles:YES];

// Enable the selection of directories in the dialog.
[openDlg setCanChooseDirectories:YES];

// Display the dialog.  If the OK button was pressed,
// process the files.
if ( [openDlg runModalForDirectory:nil file:nil] == NSOKButton )
{
    // Get an array containing the full filenames of all
    // files and directories selected.
    NSArray* files = [openDlg filenames];

    // Loop through all the files and process them.
    for( i = 0; i < [files count]; i++ )
    {
        NSString* fileName = [files objectAtIndex:i];

        // Do something with the filename.
    }
}

I was actually messing around with Monobjc and wondering how to work with NSOpenPanel, the code above provided a bit of a starting point for me. Here’s my code, which is not a translation of what’s above, but gives an example of how things work with C# and Monobjc,


NSOpenPanel openPanel = new NSOpenPanel();
openPanel.AllowsMultipleSelection = false;
openPanel.CanChooseFiles = true;
openPanel.CanChooseDirectories = false;
openPanel.SetContentSize(new NSSize(600, 600));

int dialogResult = openPanel.RunModal();
if (dialogResult == NSPanel.NSOKButton)
{
    picFileName = openPanel.Filename.ToString();
}