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Hello!

I wrote a small utility some time ago to locate and copy Hunspell dictionaries to be used by a third party application, all very simple. Recently a fellow asked me to provide a way for it to work under Wine. Well, it does in fact, but fail to list files which top directory has a hidden attribute. Functions like FileOpenDialog fails to display targeted directory content. Is that a way to overcome this? I mean, can I use a flag or a work around to also display hidden files? Thanks for your insights.

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Euler

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Euler G.

My ChooseFileFolder UDF (look in my sig for the link) allows you to hide/show hidden files - that might help you. :)

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
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Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
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Also this could work :

; Save the previous value before writing in the registry
Local $iHiddenState = Number( RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced", "Hidden") )

; Show hidden files
If NOT $iHiddenState Then RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced", "Hidden", "REG_DWORD", 1)

FileOpenDialog("test", "C:\", "*.* (all files)")

; Hide hidden files
If NOT $iHiddenState Then RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced", "Hidden", "REG_DWORD", 0)
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