File Browser to connect Applications

This file browser can be used to locate the binary of an application program which shall be connected to the API. Such an application can use daVinci as a user interface for graphs. One application is the graph editor which is part of the daVinci distribution.

The browser has two views, one for the Directories and one for the Files in the current directory. The current directory is the one shown in the Selection field. To navigate through the directories, double-click on the elements in the Directories view. By clicking on '..', you move to the parent directory. To choose a binary, either select it in the Files view and press the Connect push button or simply double-click it. The browser beeps when you try to access a file or directory for which you do not have permissions, or when the specified file does not exist.

The file browser window can also be used mouseless with keyboard operations.

Dialog Items of the File Browser

• Filter
  Shows the filter expression currently applied to the Files view. The filter can be entered manually by typing an arbitrary shell expression.

• Directories
  A list to show the directories inside the current directory (which is displayed in the Selection field). Double-click on the list elements to navigate through the directories. '..' moves to the parent directory.

• Files
  A list to show the files inside the current directory (which is displayed in the Selection field). This file browser only shows executable files. Select one of the list elements and press the Connect push button to connect a particular binary to the daVinci API. You can accelerate this by double-clicking a file.

• History
  Used to go back to a previously visited directory or to the home directory of the user.

• Types
  Not used in this file browser, because only executable files can be displayed here.

• Show hidden
  Select this check button to see hidden files and directories.

• Selection
  This text entry field shows the current selection which is modified when you browse through the directories. You can also edit the selection field by hand: If the entered selection is a directory, the browser will move to that directory, otherwise a connect action is performed with the specified file.

• Command-Line Options
  This text entry field can be used to pass additional command-line options to the connected binary.

• Connect
  Push button to connect the choosen binary file specified in the Selection field. The file must exist to proceed with the connect operation, otherwise the browser beeps.

• Cancel
  Push button to close the file browser without performing any action.

• Help
  Push button to start the online help system with this page.