OpenFileDialog.Filter for multiple extentions at once?

[Gravey]

i did some more digging and found a solution not long after i posted... I knew that would happend!

Anyway the solution is to use a semicolon as a separator so a filter string for tga and jpg would be:
"tga and jpg|*.tga;*.jpg"

[ZeBoxx2]

*bump* for the powers that be at maxscript documentation - this has been reported before as missing in the help :)

*digs through logs to find the conversation*


[22@19:47:09] <guy> anyone know how to specify multiple extensions for a single type with getOpenFileName()?
[22@19:48:21] <dude> i think you just put comma's between them but I don't think i've ever done that
[22@19:48:28] <dude> you could always do multiple entries
[22@19:48:31] <guy> doesn't seem to like it
[22@19:49:19] <guy> scriptfile = getOpenFileName types:"Script Files(*.ms,*.mcr)|#(*.ms,*.mcr)|All|*.*|"
[22@19:49:50] <guy> the array there doesn't work
[22@19:50:05] <me> ahhh I see what you mean
[22@19:51:07] <guy> ah well, I'll just force .ms
[22@19:51:17] <guy> we're unlikely to want a macroscript there anyway
[22@19:55:24] <me> aha
[22@19:55:26] <me> semicolon
[22@19:55:44] <me> scriptfile = getOpenFileName types:"Script Files(*.ms,*.mcr)|*.ms;*.mcr|All|*.*"
[22@19:55:56] <guy> sweet, thanks


MSDN has changed considerably since then, but this was probably where I finally spotted the info -_-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646839(VS.85).aspx - OPENFILENAME Structure
lpstrFilter ... To specify multiple filter patterns for a single display string, use a semicolon to separate the patterns (for example, "*.TXT;*.DOC;*.BAK").

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