Win4Lin User's Guide

File Browser

Use this window to find and select an existing file for the current operation.

Follow these steps:

  1. Choose the directory to browse by double clicking on the directory name in the Directories list. Double clicking a directory name that ends with /.. moves you up one level. In this manner move up or down in the file system hierarchy until you get to the directory that has the file you are looking for. (Double clicking does the same thing as selecting the directory name and clicking on the Filter button). A list of the files in the selected directory appears in the Files list.

    Alternatively: In the Filter box, specify a pattern that filters the list of files or directories. By default, the filter is the current directory followed by an asterisk (*), which lists all files in the directory. To display a subset of directories and files combine characters with the asterisk to filter the display.

    For example, if you want to display only files with names that end in .dsk in the /usr/share directory, change the text in the Filter text box to /usr/share/*.dsk, and click on the Filter button.

    You can also type a pathname in the Filter text box and click on the Filter button to move quickly to any directory.

    Valid wildcard characters include:

  2. Select the file name you want from the Files list.

  3. Click OK to send the selected file name to the window from which you invoked the file browser and close the window. Alternatively, you can double-click on the file name.

    Click Cancel to close the window without selecting a file.

Use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars adjacent to the Directories and Files boxes to display additional directory or file names or to read names that are too long to fit completely in the list boxes.

The current file name selection is displayed in the Selection box and is updated automatically as you use other controls to select a file. You can also manually edit the text in the Selection box.