How to simulate "Save as..." using irrlicht?

wsw1231 · Post by **wsw1231** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:34 am

I would like to add "Save as..." in the menu item for the user to save his current work to a specific file directory.

I know how to load a file using

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guienv->addFileOpenDialog(...)

but I think the above API cannot be applied to the "Save as..." case.

Could anyone give me some suggestions?

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:10 am

There are save dialogs available from the forum, and I hope that we will get one in the engine soon.

wsw1231 · Post by **wsw1231** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:18 am

hybrid wrote:There are save dialogs available from the forum, and I hope that we will get one in the engine soon.

Oh....do you mean the current version of irrlicht engine has not had this API yet?

What should I do now?

REDDemon · Post by **REDDemon** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:25 am

youcan create that function manually. just create a text box in wich enter the name of your file and use the string in the text box as file name. a good thing is also to check for wrong characters (for example you may not want a file name with a "\" inside it.)

wsw1231 · Post by **wsw1231** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:32 am

REDDemon wrote:youcan create that function manually. just create a text box in wich enter the name of your file and use the string in the text box as file name. a good thing is also to check for wrong characters (for example you may not want a file name with a "" inside it.)

How can I handle the case in which the user wants to save the file to other directory?

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:38 am

Start with the code from the file load dialog, turn it into a save dialog.

I should add this soon, it's been on my todo list for ages. Thanks for reminding me Hybrid

wsw1231 · Post by **wsw1231** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:41 pm

bitplane wrote:Start with the code from the file load dialog, turn it into a save dialog.

I should add this soon, it's been on my todo list for ages. Thanks for reminding me Hybrid

I am looking forward to this API.
Oh..I think it's quite urgent since my final year project in the university has to be submitted in March

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:03 pm

Then either do what REDDemon said, or alter the loader dialog to also support saving.