It kind of explains it. I previously had trouble with the answer file filtering and gave up. You mentioned you needed to list the Adobe etc, & not just .pdf. How about jpg and jpeg there are many applications that use these types.
How about providing a sample script that will let me filter everything but jpg, jpeg, rev, gif, text, db. John Balgenorth \ On Oct 10, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > > I know this has been answered but I though I would post what I have found > working with the answer file command and OS X. > > First, the dictionary does not make it all that clear how this works. For the > type, you MUST supply at least the first and second pipe delimited values eg. > “Adobe Acrobat Files|PDF". Using only “pdf” DOES NOT WORK! This will > effectively IGNORE the type argument and allow you to select ALL files! You > MUST supply at least 2 piped items, even if the first item is blank! > > Secondly, wildcards do not seem to work in the type form, and the filter form > does not work on OS X either. You will not be able to select ANY files using > this form. Apparently it doesn’t matter a WHIT what you put in the first or > the 3rd pipe delimited item. I put “BLAH” in the third and got only PDF’s. I > put "Adobe PDF document” (from the Get Info dialog) but put nothing in the > 2nd item and could select ANYTHING even apps. > > So to sum it up, the ONLY thing that matters is the second item. You can also > provide a return delimited list of these piped entries for multiple > selections. > > I hope this helps some Mac Users out there who are as befuddled as I was with > the answer files command. If you are developing for multiple platforms that > include OS X and Windows, you will need to test for the Platform and > conditionally branch from there. > > Bob S > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
