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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the new betas 0.40/0.41. A massive update! You have been busy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I cannot get the following code to work as intended. If I select only one file in the dialog box, it correctly displays the chosen file name. If I select more than one file, it reports that only one file was selected and displays the directory name. What am I missing? On the same subject, after retrieving a filename, or several, how then does one use that filename to actually open a Finale file, say a MUSX file, from within Finale?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Charles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Create the dialog object<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>local dialog = finale.FCFileOpenDialog(finenv.UI())<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Set the window title<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>local windowtitle = finale.FCString()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>windowtitle.LuaString = "Open some Lua files"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>dialog:SetWindowTitle(windowtitle)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Set the filter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>local filter = finale.FCString()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>filter.LuaString = "*.lua"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>local filterdescr = finale.FCString()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>filterdescr.LuaString = "Lua Files (*.lua)"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>dialog:AddFilter(filter, filterdescr)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Allow multiple file selection<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>dialog.MultiSelect = true<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Display the dialog to the user <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>if dialog:Execute() then<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> -- Get the names of the selected files and display the names<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> local filenames = finale.FCStrings()<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> dialog:GetFileNames(filenames)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> print ("Number of files chosen",filenames.Count)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> for fname in each(filenames) do<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> print (fname.LuaString)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> end<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>end<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>