Front-end dialog utility functions (IMPORT FGL fglwinexec)

Table 1. Front-end-side dialog functions (fglwinexec.4gl) (deprecated: use ui.Interface.frontCall() instead)
Function	Description
winopendir( `dirname` STRING, `caption` STRING ) RETURNING `result` STRING	Opens a dialog window to get a directory path on the front-end workstation.
winopenfile( `dirname` STRING, `typename` STRING, `extlist` STRING, `caption` STRING ) RETURNING `result` STRING	Opens a dialog window to get a file to be read on the front-end workstation.
winsavefile( `dirname` STRING, `typename` STRING, `extlist` STRING, `caption` STRING ) RETURNING `result` STRING	Opens a dialog window to get a file path to save data on the front-end workstation.
winshellexec( `filename` STRING ) RETURNING `result` INTEGER	Opens a document on the workstation where the Windows front end runs. Microsoft™ Windows only!
winexecwait( `command` STRING ) RETURNING `result` INTEGER	Executes a program on the workstation where the Windows front-end runs and waits for termination. Microsoft Windows only!
winexec( `command` STRING ) RETURNING `result` INTEGER	Executes a program on the workstation where the Windows front end runs and returns immediately. Microsoft Windows only!