When I do like below on Win32, instead of getting the font path string in $foo, the font itself is displayed in a separate window. My scalar $foo remains empty. 

$ttf_dir = 'C:\\WINNT\\Fonts\\';

$foo = $mw->getOpenFile( 
    -title            => 'Choose TrueType font',
    -initialdir       => $ttf_dir,
    -defaultextension => '.ttf',
);

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How may I work around that please? I don't mind about the font display window. But I need the font path string in $foo so I can change fonts elsewhere in the script. TIA

In reply to getOpenFile() returns empty string for TrueType font path by aplonis

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