in reply to Hidden files in getOpenFile

getOpenFile has a bunch of open bugs, but try 

my $data_file_file_types = [
  [ $file_str, '.txt' ],
  [ 'All files', '*' ],
];

...->getOpenFile(
   -filetypes  => $data_file_file_types,
...

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Re^2: Hidden files in getOpenFile
by jerre_111 (Sexton) on May 16, 2013 at 11:23 UTC

    Thanks for your advice

    Doing the technique you proposed isn't working. Specifying the file types doesn't affect seeing the hidden files or not.

    Thank you for your time

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Re^2: Hidden files in getOpenFile
by Anonymous Monk on May 16, 2013 at 11:25 UTC
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