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                          The File Selector Library


Two routines are provided by the AES to display and handle the common
system file selector. AES versions less than 1.4 do not support
fsel_exinput(). All AES versions support fsel_input().

Both calls take a GEMDOS pathname and filename as parameters. The
pathname should include a complete path specification including a drive
letter, colon, path, and filemask. The filemask may (and usually does
include wildcard characters). The application may also pass a default
filename to the selector.

fsel_exinput() allows the application to specify a replacement title for
the file selector which reminds the user about the action they are taking
such as 'Select a .DOC file to open...'.