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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003313Far ManagerPlugins API.Panelpublic2020-06-05 08:24
Reporterpepak Assigned ToDrKnS  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
Product Version3.0 
Fixed in Version3.0 
Summary0003313: FCTL_SETPANELDIRECTORY not working for certain types of paths
DescriptionPanelControl(PANEL_ACTIVE, FCTL_SETPANELDIRECTORY, ...) will fail if the panel is a standard FAR panel (not a plugin panel), all elements of FarPanelDirectory except Name are empty and Name contains valid paths starting with double backslash, e.g. \\.\pipe. The same path will get processed correctly with command-line cd \\.\pipe, but as far as I can tell, it is impossible to invoke from a plugin. It would be nice if FCTL_SETPANELDIRECTORY could do the same thing as CD, or if that is not possible, that an interface to CD be opened for plugin use.
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Build5572

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pepak

2016-11-13 18:40

reporter   bugnote:0015011

Apparently, this isn't a bug in FAR per se. The observed behavior is caused by the plugin which doesn't respond to Info.OpenFrom = OPEN_SHORTCUT, which is used in this situation. However, I myself never realized this necessity and there are other plugins with the same issue - e.g. NetBox. For this reason, a special note should be made in the Encyclopedia for FCTL_SETPANELDIRECTORY.

JohnDoe

2017-12-01 16:16

updater   bugnote:0015881

pepak
I understand issue in summary, but not your above comment.

In summary you write about standard file panel (not plugin).
But your further comment seems unrelated.

pepak

2017-12-01 16:44

reporter   bugnote:0015883

That comment was apparently a mistake, intended for another bugreport.

JohnDoe

2017-12-01 16:53

updater   bugnote:0015885

..valid paths starting with double backslash..

pepak
As I can see \\ is ok in such cases:
lua:=panel.SetPanelDirectory(-1,nil,[[\\.\C:\]])
lua:=panel.SetPanelDirectory(-1,nil,[[\\?\C:\]])
lua:=panel.SetPanelDirectory(-1,nil,[[\\COMPUTER-B02E14\C$]])

But not ok in this:
lua:=panel.SetPanelDirectory(-1,nil,[[\\.\pipe]])

DrKnS

2020-03-19 10:51

administrator   bugnote:0016750

\\.\pipe particularly doesn't work because it's not a real directory and one of pre-checks (basically GetFileAttributes) fails. It's not really needed there and can be skipped, however, I'd like to clarify first whether "will fail if [...] Name contains valid paths starting with double backslash" is true or it's an exaggeration and the only problematic path is "\\.\pipe" (as in JohnDoe's comment).

DrKnS

2020-03-22 10:58

administrator   bugnote:0016753

5572 (experimental).

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-09-27 14:40 pepak New Issue
2016-11-13 18:40 pepak Note Added: 0015011
2017-12-01 16:16 JohnDoe Note Added: 0015881
2017-12-01 16:44 pepak Note Added: 0015883
2017-12-01 16:53 JohnDoe Note Added: 0015885
2020-03-19 10:51 DrKnS Note Added: 0016750
2020-03-22 10:58 DrKnS Assigned To => DrKnS
2020-03-22 10:58 DrKnS Status new => feedback
2020-03-22 10:58 DrKnS Note Added: 0016753
2020-06-05 08:24 DrKnS Status feedback => closed
2020-06-05 08:24 DrKnS Resolution open => fixed
2020-06-05 08:24 DrKnS Fixed in Version => 3.0
2020-06-05 08:24 DrKnS Build => 5572