Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Why not directly using a file selector for "Export Selected P

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 08:01:59 -0700 (PDT)
On Sun, 30 May 2004, Ulf Lamping wrote:

> Hi List!
>
> Currently, the "Export Selected Packet Bytes" uses a custom dialog to
> show some small text, a text entry for the filename and a browse button
> (to show a file selection if clicked).
>
> This requires two steps to get a file selector, without any reasons I
> see requiring this.
>
> Is there a reason, not directly showing a file selector for this
> (removing the custom dialog completely)?

No particular reason. Just lack of experience with GUI stuff.

> Are there any plans to extend this dialog e.g. with some more widgets,
> so a file selector would become too large?

Not really.

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]richardsharpe.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com