File Explorer

The File Explorer component displays a filesystem tree to the user. It can be rooted at any folder, even network folders. It can also filter the types of files that are displayed by their file extension (For example, "pdf"). The path to the file that the user selects in the tree is exposed in the bindable property Selected Path.

This component is typically used in conjuction with the PDF Viewer component, in order to create a PDF viewing window. This is very useful for viewing things like maintenance manuals from within your project. To use this component to drive a PDF Viewer component, follow these steps:

Appearance

Font

Font of text of this component

Scripting name	font
Data type	Font

Foreground Color

The foreground color of the component.

Scripting name	foreground
Data type	Color

Background Color

The background color of the component.

Scripting name	background
Data type	Color

Behavior

File extension filter

Semi-colon separated list of extensions to filter out files, such as pdf or txt. Example "pdf;html;txt" shows pdf, html and text documents.

Scripting name	fileFilter
Data type	String

Root Directory

A directory to act as the root of the file explorer.

Scripting name	rootDir
Data type	String

Common

Name

The name of this component.

Scripting name	name
Data type	String
Flags	bindable

Enabled

If disabled, a component cannot be used.

Scripting name	enabled
Data type	boolean

Visible

If disabled, the component will be hidden.

Scripting name	visible
Data type	boolean

Border

The border surrounding this component. NOTE that the border is unaffected by rotation.

Scripting name	border
Data type	Border

Mouseover Text

The text that is displayed in the tooltip which pops up on mouseover of this component.

Scripting name	toolTipText
Data type	String

Cursor

The mouse cursor to use when hovering over this component.

Scripting name

cursorCode

Data type

int

Values

0	Default
1	Crosshair
2	Text
3	Wait
12	Hand
13	Move
4	SW Resize
5	SE Resize
6	NW Resize
7	NE Resize
8	N Resize
9	S Resize
10	W Resize
11	E Resize

Data

Selected Path

The selected file or folder's path.

Scripting name	selectedPath
Data type	String
Flags	bindable

Selected Path Is File

True if the selected path is a file, not a directory.

Scripting name	selectedPathIsFile
Data type	boolean
Flags	bindable \| read-only

The following event sets are fired by this component. See Component Event Handlers to learn more.