+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxFileDialogBase
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFileDialogBase, wxDialog)
+
+wxFileDialogBase::wxFileDialogBase(wxWindow *parent,
+                                   const wxString& message,
+                                   const wxString& defaultDir,
+                                   const wxString& defaultFile,
+                                   const wxString& wildCard,
+                                   long style,
+                                   const wxPoint& pos)
+{
+    m_parent = parent;
+    m_message = message;
+    m_dir = defaultDir;
+    m_fileName = defaultFile;
+    m_wildCard = wildCard;
+    m_dialogStyle = style;
+    m_path = wxT("");
+    m_filterIndex = 0;
+
+    if (m_wildCard.IsEmpty())
+        m_wildCard = wxFileSelectorDefaultWildcardStr;
+
+    // convert m_wildCard from "*.bar" to "Files (*.bar)|*.bar"
+    if ( m_wildCard.Find(wxT('|')) == wxNOT_FOUND )
+    {
+        m_wildCard.Printf(_("Files (%s)|%s"),
+                          m_wildCard.c_str(), m_wildCard.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+// Parses the filterStr, returning the number of filters.
+// Returns 0 if none or if there's a problem.
+// filterStr is in the form: "All files (*.*)|*.*|JPEG Files (*.jpeg)|*.jpg"
+
+int wxFileDialogBase::ParseWildcard(const wxString& filterStr,
+                                    wxArrayString& descriptions,
+                                    wxArrayString& filters)
+{
+    descriptions.Clear();
+    filters.Clear();
+
+    wxString str(filterStr);
+
+    wxString description, filter;
+    for ( int pos = 0; pos != wxNOT_FOUND; )
+    {
+        pos = str.Find(wxT('|'));
+        if ( pos == wxNOT_FOUND )
+        {
+            // if there are no '|'s at all in the string just take the entire
+            // string as filter
+            if ( filters.IsEmpty() )
+            {
+                descriptions.Add(filterStr);
+                filters.Add(filterStr);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                wxFAIL_MSG( _T("missing '|' in the wildcard string!") );
+            }
+
+            break;
+        }
+
+        description = str.Left(pos);
+        str = str.Mid(pos + 1);
+        pos = str.Find(wxT('|'));
+        if ( pos == wxNOT_FOUND )
+        {
+            filter = str;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            filter = str.Left(pos);
+            str = str.Mid(pos + 1);
+        }
+
+        descriptions.Add(description);
+        filters.Add(filter);
+    }
+
+    return filters.GetCount();
+}
+
+wxString wxFileDialogBase::AppendExtension(const wxString &filePath,
+                                           const wxString &extensionList)
+{
+    // strip off path, to avoid problems with "path.bar/foo"
+    wxString fileName = filePath.AfterLast(wxFILE_SEP_PATH);
+
+    // if fileName is of form "foo.bar" it's ok, return it
+    int idx_dot = fileName.Find(wxT('.'), TRUE);
+    if ((idx_dot != wxNOT_FOUND) && (idx_dot < (int)fileName.Len() - 1))
+        return filePath;
+
+    // get the first extension from extensionList, or all of it
+    wxString ext = extensionList.BeforeFirst(wxT(';'));
+
+    // if ext == "foo" or "foo." there's no extension
+    int idx_ext_dot = ext.Find(wxT('.'), TRUE);
+    if ((idx_ext_dot == wxNOT_FOUND) || (idx_ext_dot == (int)ext.Len() - 1))
+        return filePath;
+    else
+        ext = ext.AfterLast(wxT('.'));
+
+    // if ext == "*" or "bar*" or "b?r" or " " then its not valid
+    if ((ext.Find(wxT('*')) != wxNOT_FOUND) ||
+        (ext.Find(wxT('?')) != wxNOT_FOUND) ||
+        (ext.Strip(wxString::both).IsEmpty()))
+        return filePath;
+
+    // if fileName doesn't have a '.' then add one
+    if (filePath.Last() != wxT('.'))
+        ext = wxT(".") + ext;
+
+    return filePath + ext;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxFileDialog convenience functions
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+