Forums Developers /filter output help

The -i switch indicates that you have provided a [dialog id] custom dialog control as the input.
The -o switch indicates that you have provided a [dialog id] custom dialog control as the output.

ok how in the world do u do this.....i need to specify an output from a line in a text file & i'm using /filter cuz it sorts & way faster

example:
just some text here

i need only:
just some

;Here's an example .... put this to a remote script .
;Type /mystart to open the dialog
; I think it'll make sense
;------------
; Alias to start Dialog
; Type /mystart to open dialog
;------------

Alias MyStart { Dialog -m Newtable mytable }

; --------------
; Dialog
; -------------

dialog Mytable {
title "New Project"
size -1 -1 181 113
option dbu
list 1, 10 15 50 50, size
list 2, 70 15 50 50, size
button "Load some text", 3, 11 90 56 16
button "filter it", 4, 94 89 61 18
}

;------------
; Alias to Load text
;------------

on *:dialog:Newtable:sclick:3: {
did -r newtable 1
did -a newtable 1 a1
did -a newtable 1 a2
did -a newtable 1 b1
did -a newtable 1 b2
}

;--------------
; The filter working for you
;---------------

on *:dialog:Newtable:sclick:4: {
filter -io newtable 1 newtable 2 b*
}

The helpfile for /filter needs a little updating to reflect the addition of Dialog windows, and to make it read easier overall.

The infile can be a filename or a window name (custom or normal). The outfile can be a filename or a custom window name. You should specify the -fw switches if the names are ambiguous eg.

Should also/instead read:

The -f switch indicates that you have provided a filename as the input or output.
The -w switch indicates that you have provided a custom @window as the input or output.
The -i switch indicates that you have provided a [dialog id] custom dialog control as the input.
The -o switch indicates that you have provided a [dialog id] custom dialog control as the output.

I'm not completely certain why /filter cannot auto-detect if the <file/window/did> parameter is a dialog-id that exists.. and use -dd like -ff and -ww to reduce ambiguity. (yes, I know -d is in use by the single message window, I just mean any single letter instead of both -i and -o)

- Raccoon