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  • Magnuss
    New Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 2
    #1

    Bash

    Hello

    I am trying to learn bash, and have found Xdialog to make them look better. But when I was experimenting with this code I couldn't get it to work.

    Code:
    #!/bin/bash

numfiles=1;
dump='--title "XDIALOG BUILDLIST" --backtitle "A user-built list" \ --stdout --clear --separator "|" --buildlist "hello, this is a --buildlist..." 0 0 6 ';

function addfile {
	FILE=`Xdialog --title "Please choose a file" --fselect /home 28 48`;

	case $? in
		0)
			FILES[${numfiles}]="$FILE";
			numfiles=$numfiles+1;
			addfile;;
		1)
			foonum=$numfiles;
			for ((i=1;i<$foonum;i++)); do 
			  dump+="\ \"${i}\" \"${FILES[${i}]}\" \"off\" ";
			done;;
		255)
			echo "Box closed";;
	esac
}

addfile


result=`Xdialog $dump`;

retval=$?
case $retval in
  0)
    echo "The user-built list is '$result'.";;
  1)
    echo "Cancel pressed '$result'.";;
  255)
    echo "Box closed '$result'.";;
esac
    What I want to do is to let the user choose several files, and then export it to a buildlist. But it gives me an erro and shows the helpfile:
    "Xdialog: missing list parameters !"

    Any help is appreciated!
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    • arne
      Recognized Expert Contributor
      • Oct 2006
      • 315
      #2
      Originally posted by Magnuss
      Hello

      I am trying to learn bash, and have found Xdialog to make them look better. But when I was experimenting with this code I couldn't get it to work.

      Code:
      #!/bin/bash

numfiles=1;
dump='--title "XDIALOG BUILDLIST" --backtitle "A user-built list" \ --stdout --clear --separator "|" --buildlist "hello, this is a --buildlist..." 0 0 6 ';

function addfile {
	FILE=`Xdialog --title "Please choose a file" --fselect /home 28 48`;

	case $? indialog --title "Please choose a file" --fselect /tmp 0 0
		0)
			FILES[${numfiles}]="$FILE";
			numfiles=$numfiles+1;
			addfile;;
		1)
			foonum=$numfiles;
			for ((i=1;i<$foonum;i++)); do 
			  dump+="\ \"${i}\" \"${FILES[${i}]}\" \"off\" ";
			done;;
		255)
			echo "Box closed";;
	esac
}

addfile


result=`Xdialog $dump`;
dialog --title "Please choose a file" --fselect /tmp 0 0
retval=$?
case $retval in
  0)
    echo "The user-built list is '$result'.";;
  1)
    echo "Cancel pressed '$result'.";;
  255)
    echo "Box closed '$result'.";;
esac
      dialog --title "Please choose a file" --fselect /tmp 0 0

      What I want to do is to let the user choose several files, and then export it to a buildlist. But it gives me an erro and shows the helpfile:
      "Xdialog: missing list parameters !"

      Any help is appreciated!

      Did you try to run your Xdialog commands directly from the command line (instead of from within a script)? This looks like an XDialog usage error rather than a bash scripting problem.

      arne

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        • Magnuss
          New Member
          • Jun 2007
          • 2
          #3
          I tried within the script only. However, I have tried to make it print out the code which is generating the buildlist and entered it directly into the terminal, and it worked.

          I just went over to Zenity, which seems easier to me, and much more logical. So thanks for the help, but I don't need more help on Xdialog now :)

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            • arne
              Recognized Expert Contributor
              • Oct 2006
              • 315
              #4
              Originally posted by Magnuss
              I tried within the script only. However, I have tried to make it print out the code which is generating the buildlist and entered it directly into the terminal, and it worked.

              I just went over to Zenity, which seems easier to me, and much more logical. So thanks for the help, but I don't need more help on Xdialog now :)
              Ok, no problem. Never heard about Zenity ... you never stop learning :)

              arne

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