Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

On 14.06.10 at 07:38 -0700 charles61 apparently wrote: Hi Sarah, The user does not get the file by selecting ti. In this situation, 1. The user creates a new file and populates the file 2. Then saves the file abc. 3. User decides to make a change in the file. 4. The user opens a new file

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Hi Sarah, The user does not get the file by selecting ti. In this situation, 1. The user creates a new file and populates the file 2. Then saves the file abc. 3. User decides to make a change in the file. 4. The user opens a new file without saving the changes to file abc. This is where I

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

On Jun 14, 2010, at 10:38 AM, charles61 wrote: Hi Sarah, The user does not get the file by selecting ti. In this situation, 1. The user creates a new file and populates the file 2. Then saves the file abc. 3. User decides to make a change in the file. 4. The user opens a new file without

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

The question is how do you get the name of the file that is opened from a script to save in a variable. This is what I been unable to do. How do you open the file? Do you get the user to select a file using the answer file dialog? If so, try something like this: global gOpenDataFile answer

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Hi Sarah, The situation is the same as the user who has created and saved a document but then decides to make a change to the document before creating a new document. The dialog is essentially a Save As Dialog where the user is asked whether to save the document with the same name or

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Ok, so the file is created or opened to start with. If its a pre-existing file that is opened by using answer file as long as the user doesn't cancel, the path to the chosen file will be in the it special variable. So if you put it into some place to store it, you then have the filename. YOU need

How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

I have going through various scripts to get the name of a text file (not stack) that is open in my app using the message box. Does anyone know how to do this? -- View this message in context:

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

answer file select file:;put it into temp;get URL(file: temp);put temp return return it On 12 June 2010 12:16, charles61 csz...@mac.com wrote: I have going through various scripts to get the name of a text file (not stack) that is open in my app using the message box. Does anyone know how

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Otherwise I misread what you were asking. If you have an app and you load a file, it's up to the programmer (you) to keep track of it in a variable or a custom property. There is no last file loaded property. On 12 June 2010 12:48, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.comwrote: answer

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Stephen, I typed your suggestion in the message box and I only got the select file dialog box but not the name of the file that is already opened. Any other suggestions? I went through the RevList archives and could not find an example of getting the name of an open file! Charles Szasz

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Stephen, I just saw your second e-mail reply. My plan is to put the name of the open file in a variable but getting the name of the open file has been difficult. How do you get the name of the open file? -- View this message in context:

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

You are not communicating very well. It is still not clear what you want. Do you want to place a suggested file name in an ask dialog entry field instead, or have a the filename show up instead of the prompt of the ask dialog? Again, how would the dialog 'know' what the last filename was unless

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 5:16 AM, charles61 csz...@mac.com wrote: I have going through various scripts to get the name of a text file (not stack) that is open in my app using the message box. Does anyone know how to do this? Charles, at some stage in your scripts, the file was opened. At that

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Stephen, I am sorry for the confusion. All I want to do to provide a save dialog when the user makes a change to a saved file asking the user to save the file after a change was made to the file. In my current script, I have a dialog appear that asks if the user wants to save the file with

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

so what we've all told you is all you need. Have you put it all together yet? On 12 June 2010 20:29, charles61 csz...@mac.com wrote: Stephen, I am sorry for the confusion. All I want to do to provide a save dialog when the user makes a change to a saved file asking the user to save the

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Stephen, I understand how to put the name in the variable and store it but I have not been able to get the name of the current file to put in a variable. But I will keep working on it. Thanks for all of your comments and suggestions! Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:30

Re: How do you get the name of an open saved file in memory using message box?

Sarah, The question is how do you get the name of the file that is opened from a script to save in a variable. This is what I been unable to do. -- View this message in context: