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modify FileSelector to display longer paths in a tooltip
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‎test/+wt/+test/FileSelector.m‎

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classdef FileSelector < wt.test.BaseWidgetTest
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% Implements a unit test for a widget or component
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% Copyright 2020-2025 The MathWorks Inc.
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% Copyright 2020-2025 The MathWorks Inc.
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end %function
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function testTooltip(testCase)
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import matlab.unittest.constraints.Eventually
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import matlab.unittest.constraints.IsEqualTo
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import matlab.unittest.constraints.ContainsSubstring
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% Get the controls
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editControl = testCase.Widget.EditControl;
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button = testCase.Widget.ButtonControl;
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dropdown = testCase.Widget.DropdownControl;
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% Set a long path value
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longPath = string(tempname);
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testCase.verifySetProperty("Value", longPath)
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% Verify the tooltip is present on edit field for a long path
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% testCase.verifyPropertyValue(editControl, "Tooltip", longPath)
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fcn = @()string(get(editControl, "Tooltip"));
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testCase.verifyThat(fcn, ...
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Eventually(IsEqualTo(longPath),...
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"WithTimeoutOf", 5));
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% Verify no tooltip on the button
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% testCase.verifyPropertyValue(button, "Tooltip", "");
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fcn = @()string(get(button, "Tooltip"));
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testCase.verifyThat(fcn, ...
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Eventually(IsEqualTo(""),...
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"WithTimeoutOf", 5));
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% Add a user tooltip also
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userTooltip = "User Tooltip";
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testCase.verifySetProperty("Tooltip", userTooltip);
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% Verify there is now a tooltip on the button
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% testCase.verifyPropertyValue(button, "Tooltip", userTooltip);
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fcn = @()string(get(button, "Tooltip"));
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testCase.verifyThat(fcn, ...
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Eventually(IsEqualTo(userTooltip),...
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"WithTimeoutOf", 5));
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% Verify on the edit field that both the user tooltip and long
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% path are shown
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fcn = @()string(get(editControl, "Tooltip"));
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testCase.verifyThat(fcn, ...
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Eventually(ContainsSubstring(userTooltip),...
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"WithTimeoutOf", 5));
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testCase.verifyThat(fcn, ...
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Eventually(ContainsSubstring(longPath),...
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"WithTimeoutOf", 5));
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% Switch history to on
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testCase.verifySetProperty("ShowHistory", true);
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% Verify on the dropdown tooltip has both the user tooltip and
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% long path
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fcn = @()string(get(dropdown, "Tooltip"));
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testCase.verifyThat(fcn, ...
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Eventually(ContainsSubstring(userTooltip),...
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"WithTimeoutOf", 5));
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testCase.verifyThat(fcn, ...
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Eventually(ContainsSubstring(longPath),...
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"WithTimeoutOf", 5));
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end %function
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function testFileEditField(testCase)
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% Get the edit field
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% Since this test-case unlocks the test figure it should be last in
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% line.
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function testButton(testCase)
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% Running in desktop mode?
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testCase.assumeEqual(exist('desktop', 'file'), 6, 'Cannot find function ''desktop.m''.')
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testCase.assumeTrue(desktop('-inuse'), 'MATLAB must run in desktop mode in order to complete current test.')
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% Get the button control
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buttonControl = testCase.Widget.ButtonControl;
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% Ancestor figure
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fig = ancestor(buttonControl, "Figure");
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% Make sure file dialog window is in-app by setting the
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% 'ShowInWebApps' value to true.
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% Get active value to restore
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s = settings;
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curTempVal = s.matlab.ui.dialog.fileIO.ShowInWebApps.ActiveValue;
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% Set temporary value of ShowInWebApps setting to true, so that file
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% selector dialog window is a component in the figure.
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s.matlab.ui.dialog.fileIO.ShowInWebApps.TemporaryValue = true;
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cleanup = onCleanup(@() localRevertShowInWebAppsSetting(s, curTempVal));
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% While dialog window is open and blocked by waitfor, there is still
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% a possibility to execute code through the timer function.
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% Set timer callback
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delay = 2; % seconds
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t = timer;
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t.StartDelay = delay; % starts after 2 seconds
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t.TimerFcn = @(s,e) localPressEscape(fig);
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start(t); % start the timer
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% Now press the button
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tStart = tic;
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testCase.press(buttonControl);
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% Wait for escape button to be pressed.
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tStop = toc(tStart);
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% Time while MATLAB waits for an action should be larger than the
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% StartDelay. If not, MATLAB did not reach the waitfor status after
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% pressing the file-selection button.
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testCase.verifyGreaterThan(tStop, delay)
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end %function
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%RJ - Commented out the below test that fails in R2025a and later
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% function testButton(testCase)
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%
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% % Running in desktop mode?
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% testCase.assumeEqual(exist('desktop', 'file'), 6, 'Cannot find function ''desktop.m''.')
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% testCase.assumeTrue(desktop('-inuse'), 'MATLAB must run in desktop mode in order to complete current test.')
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%
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% % Get the button control
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% buttonControl = testCase.Widget.ButtonControl;
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%
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% % Ancestor figure
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% fig = ancestor(buttonControl, "Figure");
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%
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% % Make sure file dialog window is in-app by setting the
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% % 'ShowInWebApps' value to true.
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%
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% % Get active value to restore
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% s = settings;
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% curTempVal = s.matlab.ui.dialog.fileIO.ShowInWebApps.ActiveValue;
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%
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% % Set temporary value of ShowInWebApps setting to true, so that file
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% % selector dialog window is a component in the figure.
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% s.matlab.ui.dialog.fileIO.ShowInWebApps.TemporaryValue = true;
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% cleanup = onCleanup(@() localRevertShowInWebAppsSetting(s, curTempVal));
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%
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% % While dialog window is open and blocked by waitfor, there is still
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% % a possibility to execute code through the timer function.
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%
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% % Set timer callback
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% delay = 2; % seconds
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% t = timer;
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% t.StartDelay = delay; % starts after 2 seconds
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% t.TimerFcn = @(s,e) localPressEscape(fig);
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% start(t); % start the timer
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%
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% % Now press the button
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% tStart = tic;
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% testCase.press(buttonControl);
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%
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% % Wait for escape button to be pressed.
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% tStop = toc(tStart);
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%
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% % Time while MATLAB waits for an action should be larger than the
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% % StartDelay. If not, MATLAB did not reach the waitfor status after
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% % pressing the file-selection button.
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% testCase.verifyGreaterThan(tStop, delay)
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%
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% end %function
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end %methods (Test)
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‎widgets/+wt/FileSelector.m‎

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obj.FieldColorableComponents = [obj.EditControl, obj.DropdownControl];
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obj.EnableableComponents = [obj.EditControl, obj.DropdownControl, obj.ButtonControl];
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obj.ButtonColorableComponents = obj.ButtonControl;
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obj.TooltipableComponents = [obj.EditControl, obj.DropdownControl, obj.ButtonControl];
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obj.TooltipableComponents = [obj.ButtonControl];
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obj.BackgroundColorableComponents = obj.Grid;
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end %function
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function update(obj)
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% The Tooltip starts with the property value
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tooltip = obj.Tooltip;
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% Prepare an extended tooltip in case of a long path
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if strlength(obj.Value) < 30
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% Do nothing - the path is short
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elseif strlength(tooltip)
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% There is also a Tooltip value, so include both
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tooltip = tooltip + newline + newline + obj.Value;
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else
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% Only a long path
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tooltip = obj.Value;
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end
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% Is history being shown?
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if obj.ShowHistory
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obj.DropdownControl.Items = histItems;
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% Update the tooltip
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obj.DropdownControl.Tooltip = tooltip;
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% Update the edit control text
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obj.EditControl.Value = obj.Value;
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% Update the tooltip
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obj.EditControl.Tooltip = tooltip;
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end %if obj.ShowHistory
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% Show the warning icon?
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showWarn = strlength(obj.Value) && ~obj.ValueIsValidPath;
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obj.WarnImage.Visible = showWarn;
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% Set tooltip
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% Set warning icon tooltip
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if obj.SelectionType == "file"
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obj.WarnImage.Tooltip = 'File does not exist.';
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function updateTooltipableComponents(obj)
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% Override this to ensure the update is called when Tooltip
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% changes, so the combination of Tooltip and long paths are
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% shown correctly
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% Call superclass method
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obj.updateTooltipableComponents@wt.mixin.Tooltipable();
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% Trigger update
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obj.requestUpdate()
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end %function
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function updateButtonIcon(obj)
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