[stackoverflow] [progress Openedge Abl] Limiting Directory Browsing In System-dialog Get-file

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My Progress 11.6 application is using the SYSTEM-DIALOG GET-FILE command to allow the user to select a file:

DEFINE VARIABLE cFilename AS CHARACTER NO-UNDO.
DEFINE VARIABLE lResult AS LOGICAL NO-UNDO.

SYSTEM-DIALOG GET-FILE
cFilename
FILTERS "Text Files (*.txt)" "*.txt",
"All Files (*.*)" "*.*"
DEFAULT-EXTENSION ".txt"
MUST-EXIST
RETURN-TO-START-DIR
TITLE "Select File"
USE-FILENAME
UPDATE lResult.


The problem is the users can navigate to anywhere in the Windows file system. Is there a way to limit the navigation, perhaps only letting them go up to the start-in directory but not beyond?

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