I agree that slashes in filename is pretty stupid but it does seem to be how
Mac OS handles it and it is what the user expects. If I didn't know better I'd
probably expect the same thing. Like I said in my original post: it's a
problem that's not a problem and yet it is.
Anyway, thanks for the idea but I don't think it will work. Even if I store
the original file url and name I'll have no way of knowing if subsequently
added slashes are meant to be in the name or should be interpreted as folder.
I think the solution is to adjust user expectations.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Hayes" <j...@...> wrote:
>
> I have no idea if this actually would work, but something like this?
>
> private var origUrl:String
>
> private function saveFile():void
> {
> var f:File = new File();
> origUrl = f.url;
> f.addeventlistener(Event.SELECT,onfileselected)
> f.browseForSave("blah");
> }
>
> private function onfileselected(event:Event)
> {
> var f:File = event.target as File;
> // compare f.url with origUrl to get some sort of relative path in order to
> escape the path delimiters and save it as a file.
>
> }
>
> Sorry, I'm just off to bed or I'd run it up, but would be interested to know
> if it does work at all. Thanks!
>
> putting a / in a filename, no matter how it's rendered by the OS seems pretty
> stupid to me, however.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com on behalf of seanmcmonahan
> Sent: Tue 1/19/2010 7:04 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Escaping slashes in a file name in AIR
>
> So this is a problem that's not really a problem yet it is. I think it's
> best explained with an example:
>
> A user wants to save a file so we open the save dialog box via
> File.browseForSave(). User then selects a folder "my folder" and types in a
> name like "my/file/with/slashes.txt" and hits the save button.
>
> What happens is AIR interprets this as save a file "slashes.txt" in the
> folder "my folder/my/file/with". To me this seems perfectly reasonable and
> correct. In fact, I would say this IS the correct behavior. However my
> users feel that what should happen is that a file with the name
> "my/file/with/slashes.txt" should be saved out in "my folder".
>
> I haven't tested on Windows but on Mac OS using Safari and Chrome the user's
> expected behavior is what happens. In Firefox the slashes are converted to
> underscores. This leads me to believe that these browsers are all getting
> the name back and escaping the slashes.
>
> In AIR I'm not seeing anyway to get the filename and escape it as the select
> that is fired when the user clicks "save" returns a File object with a name
> property set to "slashes.txt" -- that is, whatever is after the last slash.
>
> Does anyone know how to capture the filename and escape slashes or is that
> just not going to happen?
>
>
>
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