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[Chaumaret]

Hello (again :lol)
In this code :

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      ask file "Export picture as:" with type "JPEG File|jpg|JPEG" or type "GIF File|gif|GIFf"
      put it into trep
      answer trep 

answer trep give only the name of file, not the name with the choice.

ex : foo (only) and not foo.gif if I choose .gif in ask dialog.

Could you help me please ? (I'm sure).

Thanks

[bn]

Hello Chaumare again,

the type is in the result, you have to provide the .xxx extension yourself in case the user did not do it. You have to test for it.

try

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on mouseUp pMouseBtnNo
    ask file "Export picture as:" with type "JPEG File|jpg|JPEG" or type "GIF File|gif|GIFf" 
    put the result into tType
    put it into trep 
    answer tType & cr & cr & trep
end mouseUp

regards
Bernd

[Mark]

Hi Chaumaret,
The problem here is that Revolution's save file dialog doesn't automatically check for the file extension. If the user types "myfile.gif" in the filen name field in the dialog, the result may contain JPEG. You'll have to check both the result and the file name. Personally, I wouldn't warn the user if an inconsistent choice has been made. I'd just let the file name prevail.

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constant dot = "."
on mouseUp pMouseBtnNo
  ask file "Export picture as:" with type "JPEG File|jpg,jpeg|JPEG" or type "GIF File|gif|GIFf"
  put the result into rslt
  set the itemDel to dot
  if last item of it is "gif" or last item of it is among the items of "jpeg.jpg" then
    put it into trep
    put last item of it into tType -- this type is different from Bernd's script
  else if rslt contains "gif" then
    put it into trep
    put "gif" into tType  -- this type is different from Bernd's script
  else if rslt contains "jpeg" then
    put it into trep
    put "jpg" into tType  -- this type is different from Bernd's script
  end if
  answer tType & cr & cr & trep
end mouseUp

Best,

Mark

[Chaumaret]

Many thanks !