Prompt to open File/Folder in Applications

If ever you had to open and save the path for a file in JD Edwards, following is a stunning way to do it. But, yeah, this works only on Windows OS.

The screen above shows a Browse button, which on clicked gives the Browse for File dialog box. Once selected the file, the following screen appears

The File Browse part is a simple BSFN – B9800005 – File Path Search. The BSFN does not need any parameters to perform the activity.

Following is the example of the same

File Path Search
     FC Path <- BF szPath
     0 -> BF cPathtype

The cPathType parameter accepts only ‘4’ which shows the File browse dialog box to select only icons, or Exe’s
This concept can be extended to be used on a Processing Option.

1. Create a Search/Select form with this BSFN, which would select the file.
2. Associate the Search/Select form with a DD Item’s visual assist (New or Existing)
3. Use this DD Item on a Processing Option to select your file 😆

Hope this will help people who have dynamic file paths to be selected in a UBE. Or even to save a file extract from an application/UBE.