wxFileDialog and windows permissions

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nroberts
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wxFileDialog and windows permissions

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When I use the wxFileDialog to make a save dialog (using wxFileSelector) I have an inconsistency I want to resolve. When the user tries to save into a directory they have no write access to one of two things happens:

- if the file already exists they get a message box saying, "You do not have permission to save in this directory. See the administrator to obtain permission. Would you like to save in the My Documents folder instead?" Important thing to note here is that this is not my code and happens before the file dialog closes.

- if the file does not already exist then the file dialog closes and control is passed to my program, which tries to open the file for saving and tosses an exception that pops up a dialog saying it couldn't.

I would like both cases to match, one way or the other. I kind of prefer the former I think but at this point getting them to match either way would be a great benefit.

I tried asking in IRC but the only attempt to help I got didn't know what I was talking about apparently because they suggested using wxLogNull to solve the problem.

I've looked for flags to govern this behavior both in documentation and, hoping it was an undocumented feature, in the header files. Can't find it.

Anyone know how I can make them match? Here's where I create the dialog:

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      boost::filesystem::path doc_path = wxFileSelector(_("Select pipe system file"), wxT(""), wxT(""), wxT(".pipe"), _("Pipe system file (*.pipe)|*.pipe"), wxFD_SAVE|wxFD_OVERWRITE_PROMPT);
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Post by protocol »

The error message presented by the file selector is more than likely a native error message.

For the latter, catch the exception and present your own friendly error message.

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Post by nroberts »

protocol wrote:The error message presented by the file selector is more than likely a native error message.

For the latter, catch the exception and present your own friendly error message.

regards.
Pretty sure you are correct, but other programs are consistent here. They will perform the first dialog in both cases.

Obviously I can do what you suggest but that is also obviously not the question. In fact as I explain, that's what I'm currently doing. The question is how do I get consistency here?

I can't catch the exception until after the dialog has closed and I've attempted to open the file. I can't seem to override the "Open" button by subclassing...
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