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[Wish] Open new instance from Windows open/save dialogs   [Wish]

By: Ian Binnie   Homepage   Sydney  
Date: Nov 15,2010 at 13:32
In Response to: [Wish] Open new instance from Windows open/save dialogs (Bill Kingsbury)

> > > How about adding an "Open ZTW" (new instance here) -button, to
> > > appear on every Windows Open and Save dialog?
> >

> But I certainly use the Windows Open and Save dialogs -- about one
> hundred times a day, at the least -- doesn't everyone?

Actually NO.

I paste filespec (from ZTreeWin) into the dialog box, except in those few programs which don't support them.

> Such as when Opening a file from a huge list of files, where the
> Windows Open file dialog really gets in the way, compared to ZTreeWin.

I agree with you that these are frustrating, time wasting, inconvenient and generally a PITA. I can't understand how millions of Windows users put up with them.

> The proposed "Open ZTW" button would do that, immediately...

Unless you can convince Microsoft to do this, you are out of luck.
These are API, which are part of Windows - which is why they are always the same.

Actually, if you are a masochist, you can write you own File Open Dialog, but that is only available to your own code.

It would not be impossible to patch the OS, but this is unlikely to happen.

You apparently have no idea what happens when you press a button in Windows.
This sends a message, and you have to include code in your program to handle this.

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