SetCurrentDirectory() & SaveFileRequester()

[WilliamL]

How do I set the directory so that, when the SaveFileRequester() is called, a folder of my choice is already selected. Right now the folder that appears seems to be the last folder that was used.

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;GetCurrentDirectory() ; < works fine and shows the folder I want!
SetCurrentDirectory(GetCurrentDirectory()) ; < has no effect on changing which folder is shown below
filename$=SaveFileRequester("Save chart...",Chart\cname+".SXChart","Text (*.txt) | *.SXChart; *.txt",0)

[Demivec]

Filename$ = SaveFileRequester(Title$, DefaultFile$, Pattern$, PatternPosition)

The DefaultFile$ is useful to initialise the requester in the right directory and with the right filename.

Does that work for you?

[WilliamL]

Oh, yes, I see that it actually says that the folder is initialized with SaveFileRequester().

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filename$=SaveFileRequester("Save chart...",FilePath+Chart\cname+".SXChart","Text (*.txt) | *.SXChart; *.txt",0)

This (code above) gives me the whole path but did not give the folder that was at the end of the path. (still the random folder)

I was reading the thread 'How to: Change current directory' and was off trying to SetCurrentDirectory.

Anyway, neither is working although the your method should work.

[two days later]
Maybe I should report it as a bug?