The LFNAlias Select Default Output File Dialog

	LFNAlias Version 1.0

User Guide

The Select Default Output File Dialog

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Dialog, with which the file can be selected, that is automatically loaded into the Output Editor, when the application starts.

Except for the caption and the Open as Read-Only Check Box, the Select Default Ouput File Dialog is identical, both in functionality and with respect to the controls it contains, to the Load Output File Dialog. However, whereas the Load Output File Dialog is opened in the Main Window's File Menu, the Select Default Ouput File Dialog is opened by clicking the Select Default Ouput File Button on the Editor Tab Sheet of the Preferences Dialog.

(Look in) Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector
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In the aperture, that in (normal) combo boxes is the edit field, the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector shows the icon and name of the folder, the contents of which are currently listed in the List View. It is used to select this folder. This is achieved by selecting the desired folder from the drop down list, which is opened by clicking on the small arrowhead on the right-hand side of the aperture. The drop-down list is also displayed when the down arrow key on the keyboard is pressed while the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector has the input focus. Once it is displayed, a folder can be selected from the drop down list through a mouse click or by means of the up- and down arrow keys on the keyboard. However, if the arrow keys are used to select a folder, the selection has to be confirmed by pressing the Enter/Return key on the keyboard. This will also close the drop-down list.

(Look in) Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector

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In the aperture, that in (normal) combo boxes is the edit field, the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector shows the icon and name of the folder, the contents of which are currently listed in the List View. It is used to select this folder.

This is achieved by selecting the desired folder from the drop down list, which is opened by clicking on the small arrowhead on the right-hand side of the aperture. The drop-down list is also displayed when the down arrow key on the keyboard is pressed while the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector has the input focus.

Once it is displayed, a folder can be selected from the drop down list through a mouse click or by means of the up- and down arrow keys on the keyboard. However, if the arrow keys are used to select a folder, the selection has to be confirmed by pressing the Enter/Return key on the keyboard. This will also close the drop-down list.

Go To Last Folder Button
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Returns to the folder previously selected in the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector and displays its contents (i.e. the files and folders it contains) in the dialog's List View.

Up One Level Button
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Opens the parent folder of the folder currently shown/selected in the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector and displays its contents in the List View. This button is automatically disabled when the top of the folder hierarchy, the Windows Desktop, has been reached.

Create New Folder Button
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Creates a new folder in the folder selected/shown in the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector.

View Menu Button
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Opens the View Menu, whith which the view style of the dialog's List View can be changed.

View Menu
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Contains menu items with which the icon size and arrangement of the listed files and folders in the List View can be changed. It is opened either through a click of the left mouse button on the View Menu Button or by a click of the right mouse button in a free area (i.e. not on a file's icon or name) of the List View itself.

The List View

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Lists the files in the folder, shown in the Folder Name Drop-Down List/Selector.

It is largely identical in features and functionality to the List View in Windows Explorer. The most significant differences being:

•	When the dialog is opened, the file types listed in it are always filtered.
•	The files in it can not be dragged and dropped into the Output Editor for file name conversion, nor can they be dropped into other, LFNAlias, windows/dialogs, or controls.
•	It is not possible to select more than one file at a time.

The File Name Edit Field
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Edit field into which the name of the file, selected in the List View, is automatically entered by the dialog. Alternatively, the name of the file to open, can also be typed or pasted into it manually by the user. It is also possible to enter a full or relative path to a folder or file in this edit field. If the path and name of an existing folder is entered and confirmed by pressing the Enter/Rerurn key on the keyboard, the dialog will display the contents of that folder in its List View. In this case, the dialog will also update the icon and name of the folder, displayed in the (Look in) Folder Name Drop-Down List. If the path and name of an existing file is entered and Enter/Return is subsequently pressed, the dialog will interpret this as the file to open. It will also close the dialog.

The File Name Edit Field

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Edit field into which the name of the file, selected in the List View, is automatically entered by the dialog. Alternatively, the name of the file to open, can also be typed or pasted into it manually by the user.

It is also possible to enter a full or relative path to a folder or file in this edit field.

If the path and name of an existing folder is entered and confirmed by pressing the Enter/Rerurn key on the keyboard, the dialog will display the contents of that folder in its List View. In this case, the dialog will also update the icon and name of the folder, displayed in the (Look in) Folder Name Drop-Down List.

If the path and name of an existing file is entered and Enter/Return is subsequently pressed, the dialog will interpret this as the file to open. It will also close the dialog.

The File of Type Drop-Down List
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Determines the file type filter that is applied to the contents of the dialog's List View.

Open as Read-Only Check Box

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Normally this check box determines whether or not the selected file can be modified immediately after it has been opened. However, as the dialog merely serves to select the file that will be opened per default, when LFNAlias is next started, this check box's checked state is ignored.

Open Button
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Closes the dialog and inserts the name of the specified/selected file into the Preferences Dialog's Default Output File Combo Box.

Cancel Button
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Aborts specifying a file and closes the dialog.

Help Button
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Provided the application was correctly installed, this button opens this page in the offline help, when pressed/clicked.

Topic Hierarchy: LFNAlias • Support • User Guide • Table of Contents • Description • The Select Default Output File Dialog

See Also: The Preferences Dialog, The LFNAlias Main Window, Load Output File Dialog, The Save Output Dialog, The Load File Error Dialog, The Load Recent File Error Dialog.