make mulptiple extensions selectable for file dialog

[PeterFoerster]

Right now, you can add one group by which to filter the files you can select in a file dialog (e.g. when clicking the button next to a path control). You  can add extensions by opening the "Browse options" and adding the extensions. You can separate the extensions by semikolon to filter by multiple extensions. However, you cannot add multiple groups.

Here's how it looks now:

In this setting you get to see all *.txt, *.doc and *.pdf files at once.

But what if you want more than one group to filter?

You could use .Net to call a standard windows File dialog. This dialog supports multiple groups separated by |

So, you can achieve something like this:

This feature should be available for the standard path control in LabVIEW, too.

[Norbert_B]

Already available. See here.

But i concur that it has to be documented.

Norbert

[AristosQueue (NI)]

I asked a tech writer to take a look at the docs for this feature and CAR as needed.

[crossrulz]

From what I can tell, that trick does not work with the "Browse Options..." dialog.  Multiple patterns should be selectable there as well.