You happen to be showing the result on Windows, so I don't know what it looks like on a Mac or on Linux. With those settings what's actually being called is the standard Windows Save As dialog. If you selected "Existing" then it would be calling the standard Windows Open dialog (so the "Save" button would be "Open"). LabVIEW can't change the standard dialogs so there are 2 options:
1. Create a custom dialog that's platform-independent.
2. On Windows at least, call the function that displays the dialog for selecting a folder (SHBrowseForFolder).
Note: I think my comments regarding the options were misunderstood. They were intended for NI engineers to implement in the file path control, not for a user to implement. I agree that it makes no sense to display files when trying to select folders. I was pointing out that LabVIEW is simply calling into the operating system (whichever that is), and it can't change what the operation system is creating. Thus, any kind of change would require that NI engineers either create a custom dialog that's platform independent that gets called when you click the browse button (like the VI that gets called with the timestamp control's select date button), or they call the appropriate OS function to display the "folder-only" browser.
There is a contradiction in your statements smercurio; you say NI is just calling an OS function..(indirectly saying it's not their "fault") - but as you say yourself, it's not the correct function - so there really is no excuse...
What contradiction? You wanted NI to change the dialog by removing a button. I'm describing the situation as it currently is, and simply pointing out that you cannot change the existing dialog as you initially wanted because they're just calling the standard dialog. I am not saying it's not their fault, either directly or indirectly. Please do not put words into my mouth.
I followed up by indicating that I think one alternative is for NI engineering to call a different dialog (at least on Windows). There's a difference between trying to change something, and simply accessing a different dialog that already exists to select just folders. Also, this needs to be looked at for the other operating systems. Does it work the same way under a Mac and Linux? If so, does the same possibility exist on those OSes? If not, then the only recourse may be for NI to create a custom dialog to select a folder that's platform-independent. NI can't put on the Windows-only blinders on this, so simply saying that NI just has to call a different OS function may not be a sufficient or adequate way of changing this.
I am not disagreeing with you, nor did I ever disagree. In fact, I actually Kudoed the idea. Like I said, my initial comments were not well-stated so they could have been misconstrued as indicating the burden is on the user, which it is not.
Here's one way of solving this today...but the whole point of course is that such a thing should not be necessary, the file dialog that comes with LV should simply call the correct system dialog instead.
