You have to use the "ask file with type" form to know the file type
selected within the dialogue, for example:
on mouseUp
ask file "" with type "PNG file|png|PNGf" or type "Plain file|txt|TEXT"
put it && the result
end mouseUp
message box:
/Users/bvg/Desktop/file.txt Plain file
Most likely "ask file with filter" will be marked as obsolete or
discontinued in a not too distant future...
Have Fun
Björnke
On 10 Jun 2008, at 17:57, viktoras didziulis wrote:
Jacqueline, Thanks for the suggestion,
still 'the result' after execution is empty. It would probably
contain something if path selection failed. The other 'result' (path
stored in 'it') does not always contain an extension. If user types
it in, or chooses from a list of existing file names, then it is
there. But otherwise if user provides file name without an
extension, script has to check what was the file type selected,
appends correct extension and directs output to a necessary
processing handler. It knows file type just because it asked about
it before asking for the path. Now I guess if I wish to avoid
displaying a chain of dialogs, I have to design own custom askFile()
function or handler. The only role of ask file with type or ask file
with filter that is described in the dictionary seems to be limited
to displaying existing filenames whose types match the one selected
in the file type list...
All the best!
Viktoras
J. Landman Gay wrote:
viktoras didziulis wrote:
is there any way to know what file type user selects in ask file
with filter dialog ? I need to specify different handlers for file
"Save as", and now am first asking user to select the type of a
desired output (i.e. raw binary, ascii text, png image or ppm
image) and next opening ask file dialog to get the path for saving
the data. But I know "this is not good", because users are used to
a single dialog for file saving where they choose save as type and
the data is processed without any additional disturbances... The
problem is that the selection of ask file dialog is returned in
'it' variable but the selected type of file in the dropdown list
of that dialog is not returned in any readable way, or is it?..
Check the result after the user selects a file. The tag is in there.
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