A RemoteFileSelect contains two listboxes that display
subdirectories and files, a directory entry and a file name
entry, and buttons for each operation, which are labeled
with Alt-key accelerators.
When entering a file name, the RemoteFileSelect verifies
whether the file already exists. If a file is selected
in the listbox, the RemoteFileSelect returns that file's
name when the user clicks the 'Accept' button, presses
Enter after typing a name in the file entry, or double
clicking on a selection in the file list box.
Additionally, if the Net::FTP module is installed, RemoteFileSelect
will activate an additional "Host" button on the FileSelect widget,
where you can enter the host name, and your user id and password,
and select files on the remote host.
If a file name is selected on the local host, then
the RemoteFileSelect widget returns the path to the
file name, the same as a standard FileSelect widget.
If a file is selected on a remote host, then the
RemoteFileSelect widget returns the name in the form:
host:/full-pathname-of-file
RemoteFileSelect requires the Net::FTP module to be
installed. If it cannot find and load Net::FTP, the
RemoteFileSelect widget behaves like a standard
FileSelect widget, and the "Host" button is grayed out.
RemoteFileSelect.pm was developed with the Net::FTP
module distributed with libnet-1.0703, from
http://www.cpan.org/.
All other operations function as in a FileSelect widget.
Please refer to the FileSelect.pm POD documentation.
VERSION INFO
First development version.
$Revision: 0.55 $
Module Install Instructions
To install Tk::RemoteFileSelect, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.