CEP: showOpenDialog

[SNAP_OM]

Hi there,

when I use the function "window.cep.fs.showOpenDialog" on a Windows system and try to open a file with the "File name:" drop down menu, the CEP panel crashes and reopens again.

I can also reproduce this behaviour with the sample given in the "CEP_HTML_Test_Extension / CEP HTML Test Modal Dialog / Native".

Is this a known bug and could it be fixed in a next version?

[Loic.Aigon · Accepted solution]

I couldn't tell for the bug but I still use the ExtendScript File.openDialog cause my libs historically use it and it's not big deal to have the info back in the CEP panel.

FWIW

Loic

[SNAP_OM]

Many thanks for the tip.

That works perfect for me!

[Mathias Moehl]

I have a similar issue. For me the file open dialog crashes on CC 2019 (both tested with After Effects and Premiere Pro) and works fine on CC 2018. The suggested workaround to use the jsx functions for files and folders works fine. Thanks for sharing this solution!

This is the exact code that is crashing for me

var allowMultiple = false;
var chooseDirectory = true;
var result = window.cep.fs.showOpenDialog(allowMultiple, chooseDirectory);

[Jamesey2001]

Just use 

window.cep.fs.showOpenDialogEx()

with the same parameters and you should be good.