Solved!!! How to custom an open stack file???

[Fasasoftware]

Dear friends,
I need to open a stack as my custom file....in other words i want only open a type of file...like .pippo
how i can do?? thanks a lot....
example code like this.....

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on mouseUp
		answer file "A text file" with type ("text files|txt|tTXT" & return & "all files|*|*")
		if it <> "" then
			put it into theFilePath
			put URL ("file:" & theFilePath) into field "text"
			
		else
			--no file was selected, or cancel was pressed
			beep
		end if
	end mouseUp
	

here my bad script....

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on mouseUp
		answer file "A custom file" with type (".pippo" & return & "all files|*|*")
		if it <> "" then
			put it into theFilePath
			-----put URL ("file:" & theFilePath) into field "text"
			Open thefilepath
		else
			--no file was selected, or cancel was pressed
			beep
		end if
	end mouseUp
	

Thank a lot to everybody!!!

best regards,
Lestroso

[Klaus]

Buonasera Lestroso,

not sure, but maybe you mean something like:

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...
  if it <> "" then
      put it into theFilePath
      try
         go stack thefilepath
         if the result <> EMPTY then
            answer "Looks like this is not a stack!"
         end if
      end try
   end if
...

Best

Klaus

[Fasasoftware]

Vielen Danke Klaus!!!

my idea for the script is a little different....i want with ask command see only a .pippo file...ok, stack...

but in the file when i choose the file i want see only .pippo .....because i want customize my main stack...

Thanks again....

Best regards,

Lestroso

[Klaus]

Sorry, I have no idea what exactly you want to do?
Do you only want to allow .pippo files in the open dialog?

[bogs]

IF Klaus is correct, and you *only* want to show pippo files, what you would shoot for is more like this -

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answer file "A custom file" with type ("Pippo files|pippo")
if it <> "" then
	put it into theFilePath
	Open thefilepath
else
	--no file was selected, or cancel was pressed
	beep
end if

Which would give you this:

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[sphere]

or check this
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipo_de_Clown

Sorry i could not resist...

[bogs]

Good one sphere

[Klaus]

Pipo <> pippo

The latter is a common italian (first) name, you jokers!

[Fasasoftware]

Dear bogs,

i have tryed your script...but here nothing works....do you have an other ideas to try ????

in truth i want to make "catalog" as extension to open with livecode...
in other words i want only open a livecode stack file with my custom extension...

thanks a a lot..to everybody,

Lestroso

[Klaus]

I just saved a stack with the suffix "*.pippo" and bogs' script worked as advertised!?
At least here on my Mac.

[bogs]

Well, I tested it here on linux, mac and windows, and it worked, which leads me to suspect typographical error in naming your file, assuming of course that you copied the script I put up there and didn't type it in manually.

in truth i want to make "catalog" as extension to open with livecode...
in other words i want only open a livecode stack file with my custom extension...

The extension doesn't really matter, you could put anything. The part that filters out that particular extension is the part after the pipe symbol, which is what determines what file extensions will be shown.

So for example, if you put -

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answer file "A custom file" with type ("My marvelous custom files!!|mcf")

then you would only see files with an extension of ".mcf". If your extension is going to be uppercase, make sure you make it that after the piping symbol, or you won't see them. *.MCF is not *.mcf.

Same thing for the "pippo", if your file was ".Pippo" the script won't work until the extension is corrected.

Hope that was of some help.

[Fasasoftware]

Dear friends,

nothing works here....i'm using livecode community 8.1.9 on my imac...but the code you gave me don't work!!

can you help me please??

i put here some type i have tryed...

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on mouseDown 
  -- answer file "A custom file" with type ("My marvelous custom files!!|pippo") --> Don't work!
   --answer file "Give me  a file with catalog extension..." with type ("catalog | catalog") --->Don't work!
   --answer file "Give me  a file with catalog extension..." with type ("catalog | CATALOG") --->Don't work!
 --   answer file "prompt" with type "my catalog file |.catalog" --->Don't work!
   --answer files "Select the images you wish to view:" with type "JPEG Images|jpg|JPEG"--> THis Work Fine!!
    answer file "A custom file" with type ("Pippo files |pippo") ---> Don't work
if it <> "" then
	put it into theFilePath
	Open thefilepath
else
	--no file was selected, or cancel was pressed
	beep
end if
end mouseDown

best regards,
Lestroso

[Klaus]

Just tested this snippet on LC 8.1.9 on my Mac:
...
answer file "A custom file" with type ("Pippo files |pippo")
put it into theFilePath
Open thefilepath
...
and it worked, sorry, no idea what is going wrong on your side...

[Klaus]

Try this, maybe we get a hint then:

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...
if it <> "" then
 put it into theFilePath
 Open thefilepath
 answer the result
...

[Fasasoftware]

hi klaus,

i have mac os yosemite....10.10.5... perhaps there's a bug....i don't know why...

thanks in any way lestroso