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
Important: This feature is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version.
winopendir(
   dirname STRING,
   caption STRING )
  RETURNS STRING
 Opens a dialog window to get a directory path on the front-end workstation.
Important: This feature is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version.
winopenfile(
   dirname STRING,
   typename STRING,
   extlist STRING,
   caption STRING )
  RETURNS STRING
 Opens a dialog window to get a file to be read on the front-end workstation.
Important: This feature is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version.
winsavefile(
   dirname STRING,
   typename STRING,
   extlist STRING,
   caption STRING )
  RETURNS STRING
 Opens a dialog window to get a file path to save data on the front-end workstation.
Important: This feature is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version.
winshellexec(
   filename STRING )
  RETURNS INTEGER
 Opens a document on the workstation where the Windows front end runs.

Microsoft™ Windows only!
Important: This feature is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version.
winexecwait(
   command STRING )
  RETURNS INTEGER
 Executes a program on the workstation where the Windows front-end runs and waits for termination.

Microsoft Windows only!
Important: This feature is deprecated, and may be removed in a future version.
winexec(
   command STRING )
  RETURNS INTEGER
 Executes a program on the workstation where the Windows front end runs and returns immediately.

Microsoft Windows only!