Re: Can "answer file with type" show more than one file type at a time?

Hi Klaus That was easy. :-) Martin > On May 4, 2020, at 12:01 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > >> I have tried doing the types as a list but the script editor flags it as a >> syntax error. >>answer file "Select the Movie." with (the

Re: Can "answer file with type" show more than one file type at a time?

Hi Martin, > Am 04.05.2020 um 17:55 schrieb Martin Koob via use-livecode > : > > Hi > > I have the following in an app to for a user to select a video file. > answer file "Select the Movie." with (the tDefaultRecordingFolder of > stack "preferences

Can "answer file with type" show more than one file type at a time?

Hi I have the following in an app to for a user to select a video file. answer file "Select the Movie." with (the tDefaultRecordingFolder of stack "preferences") with type "Quicktime Movie files|mov|Moov" or type "MPEG 4 Movie Files|mp4,m4v|mpg4"

Answer file under OSX and cross platform file names

OSX allows the slash character in file and folder names. LiveCode uses the slash as the delimiter between path items in file paths. So when you execute: answer file "Pick an OSX file with a slash in the name" put it Livecode substitutes a colon for the slash in the name. Colon is

AW: answer file under OSX El Capitan no longer has titlebar

Thank you to everyone, especially hh and colin. I was using "answer file with no "titled" clause. I need to remain on 6.7.11 for this immediate work, so updating to LC 8.x is not an option at this time (that's next on the list). Adding the titled clause makes it work just

Re: answer file under OSX El Capitan no longer has titlebar

It was fixed in a later LC version. I get a title even without the "titled" parameter, and I'm still on El Capitan. I remember when it broke but it was fixed pretty soon after, I just can't recall which version that was. On 4/24/17 2:09 PM, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote: I seem to have

Re: answer file under OSX El Capitan no longer has titlebar

I get the title prompt with answer too, without any workaround. But talking about that for a moment, it would need to be this: on mouseUp local pp,myPath put "I m the missing prompt" into pp answer file pp with myPath titled pp end mouseUp In LiveCode 8 you can’t get away with:

Re: answer file under OSX El Capitan no longer has titlebar

Hi all, I guess Hermann is referring to this bug report http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16264. This bug was fixed in LC 8.0.0. Best, Panos -- On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:12 PM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > It's the answer file only, no

Re: answer file under OSX El Capitan no longer has titlebar

It's the answer file only, not the ask file: The following workaround is from a bug report, I can't remember the number and who found it (not me, at any rate). put "I m the missing prompt" into pp answer file pp with myPath titled pp ___

Re: answer file under OSX El Capitan no longer has titlebar

I seem to have prompt text in the title bar of the file dialog. But that’s with Sierra not El Capitan. > On Apr 24, 2017, at 11:57 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > First, I realize I am on old versions of things. I am using LC 6.7.11 > and running mostly under OSX Mavericks (10.9

answer file under OSX El Capitan no longer has titlebar

First, I realize I am on old versions of things. I am using LC 6.7.11 and running mostly under OSX Mavericks (10.9.5) I just discovered that - under El Capitan (10.11.x) and presumably 10.12 - the LiveCode 'ask file ' statement no longer display the text because the open file dialog under El Capi

Re: Problem with answer file with type command

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Re: Problem with answer file with type command

uot; > http://qery.us/3fi > > LiveCode on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ > > On 6/27/2015 00:10, Tore Nilsen wrote: >> I am trying to restrict file types in an answer file with type command, but >> I am only able to get it to work with one file type

Re: Problem with answer file with type command

nner" http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 6/27/2015 00:10, Tore Nilsen wrote: I am trying to restrict file types in an answer file with type command, but I am only able to get it to work with one file type at a time. The dictionary sugges

Problem with answer file with type command

I am trying to restrict file types in an answer file with type command, but I am only able to get it to work with one file type at a time. The dictionary suggests this form for multiple file types: answer file "Choose a picture:" with type "JPEG|jpg|JPEG" or type "PN

Re: Answer File DIalog

Peter Haworth wrote: > When I select Open from the Textedit File menu, I see a dropdown menu > of encodings to be used when I select a file. > > Is there a way to have that menu appear with the LC answer file > dialog? This isn't a filter option, but merely a way for

Re: Answer File DIalog

from the File menu and you'll see what I mean. > > I don't think you can from the answer file dialog. BBEdit has the same > kind of dropdown as Text Ediit, btw, so the OS supports it (or at least, > OS X does.) Might be a good feature request, since the unicode > capability ha

Re: Answer File DIalog

On 2/14/2015 7:24 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: What I'm looking for is a menu of encoding types (UTF8, UTF16, etc). If you're on a Mac, run Textedit and choose Open from the File menu and you'll see what I mean. I don't think you can from the answer file dialog. BBEdit h

Re: Answer File DIalog

> Yes there is, see "answer file with type" in the dictionary, but here's > example I've used… > > on mouseUp > answer file "Choose an Image to import..." with defaultFolder with \ > type "All Images|png,jpg,gif|PNG,JPG,GIF" or \ >

Re: Answer File DIalog

Yes there is, see "answer file with type" in the dictionary, but here's example I've used… on mouseUp answer file "Choose an Image to import..." with defaultFolder with \ type "All Images|png,jpg,gif|PNG,JPG,GIF" or \ type "PN

Answer File DIalog

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Re: Answer File (RESOLVED)

files of type JPG and JPEG. Not sure if the TYPE > form will work on Windows. If it does then the FILTER form is essentially > deprecated. > > Bob S > > > On Oct 10, 2014, at 15:01 , JB > mailto:sund...@pacifier.com>> wrote: > > It kind of explains it. I p

Re: Answer File (RESOLVED)

...@pacifier.com>> wrote: 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 s

Re: Answer File (RESOLVED)

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 fi

Answer File (RESOLVED)

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

Re: answer file

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:10 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > In general, it happens when it's the most inconvenient. Isn't that always the way :-) Pete lcSQL Software ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Plea

Re: answer file

On 5/27/13 12:45 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: Ha, that was it! That does remind me though - just how long the result sticks for, obviously not long. In this case, there was one statement "set the itemdelimiter to "/"" before I checked the result and that seems to have destroyed the contents of the

Re: answer file

afest thing to do is grab right after any command that populates it. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:16 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 5/27/13 12:10 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > >> According to the dictionary, if the user clicks Cancel in an

Re: answer file

n Gay wrote: > On 5/27/13 12:10 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: >> According to the dictionary, if the user clicks Cancel in an answer file >> dialog, the result will contain cancel. In my test, it doesn't, it's >> empty. LC 5.5.4, OSX 10.7.4 ANyone else seeing this?

Re: answer file

On 5/27/13 12:10 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: According to the dictionary, if the user clicks Cancel in an answer file dialog, the result will contain cancel. In my test, it doesn't, it's empty. LC 5.5.4, OSX 10.7.4 ANyone else seeing this? Works as described here. Are you grabbing

answer file

According to the dictionary, if the user clicks Cancel in an answer file dialog, the result will contain cancel. In my test, it doesn't, it's empty. LC 5.5.4, OSX 10.7.4 ANyone else seeing this? Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> ___

Re: Answer File crashes LC on PPC Mac 10.4

sorted out (which could be a > long wait) > I would get my hands on an earlier version for PPC builds. > > Richmond. > > > -- Mark >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.** >> 278305.n4.nabble.com/Answer-

Re: Answer File crashes LC on PPC Mac 10.4

hmond. -- Mark -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Answer-File-crashes-LC-on-PPC-Mac-10-4-tp4660313p4660336.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing lis

Re: Answer File crashes LC on PPC Mac 10.4

dfepstein wrote > This very simple script crashes LC on the Mac Mini: i'd report it to support. -- Mark -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Answer-File-crashes-LC-on-PPC-Mac-10-4-tp4660313p4660336.html Sent from the Revolution - User mail

Answer File crashes LC on PPC Mac 10.4

I've just started using LC 5.5.3 on my desktop Mac Mini, with a power pc chip running System 10.4 as well as on my MacBook Air running 10.6. This very simple script crashes LC on the Mac Mini: on mouseUp answer file "Display what file?" put it end mouseUp When I st

Re: Answer file filters

I just got bitten by this. Need glasses to see it but it's *.mp3 *.wav... Simon -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Answer-file-filters-tp4656336p4656378.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabbl

Re: Answer file filters

7;s probably just me but I'm having a hard time figuring out how > > to use the answer file filters by reading the description in the > > dictionary. > > > > I would like to limit the files displayed to those with an extension > > of .wav, .mp3, .aif (plus a couple

Re: Answer file filters

Peter Haworth wrote: > It's probably just me but I'm having a hard time figuring out how > to use the answer file filters by reading the description in the > dictionary. > > I would like to limit the files displayed to those with an extension > of .wav, .mp3, .aif

Answer file filters

It's probably just me but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to use the answer file filters by reading the description in the dictionary. I would like to limit the files displayed to those with an extension of .wav, .mp3, .aif (plus a couple of others) no matter which program cr

Re: Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

Debian Testing, with thunar as the file manager, no gnome or kde desktop, only fluxbox, but gtk is installed. Though thunar is set not to display hidden files, using the answer file dialog it does. I seem to recall noticing this before in a different context but can't put my finger on where

Re: Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

On 06/21/2012 02:01 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richard Gaskin writes: If any of you are using Linux it would be helpful to know which distro and version, which desktop environment, and whether using the "answer file" command shows hidden files in its listing. After caffeine, I realiz

Re: Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

Richard Gaskin writes: > If any of you are using Linux it would be helpful to know which distro > and version, which desktop environment, and whether using the "answer > file" command shows hidden files in its listing. After caffeine, I realize that the answer file dialog

Re: Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

Mark Wieder wrote: > put the files into tFiles > filter tFiles without ".*" > > then put tFiles into a custom Answer File dialog That allows me to alter the results of the dialog, but doesn't affect the non-standard appearance of the files within it. My goal is t

Re: Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

On 06/21/2012 11:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: It seems that LiveCode's "answer file" command on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) always shows hidden files, regardless of whether I have that setting turned on in the file manager. Is there some secret param I can use to turn that off? If n

Re: Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

On 06/21/2012 11:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: It seems that LiveCode's "answer file" command on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) always shows hidden files, regardless of whether I have that setting turned on in the file manager. Is there some secret param I can use to turn that off? If n

Re: Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

Richard Gaskin writes: > > It seems that LiveCode's "answer file" command on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) > always shows hidden files, regardless of whether I have that setting > turned on in the file manager. The "file manager" is an application. Changing

Linux: answer file always shows hidden files?

It seems that LiveCode's "answer file" command on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) always shows hidden files, regardless of whether I have that setting turned on in the file manager. Is there some secret param I can use to turn that off? If not, I'll file a bug report. -- Richard

Re: Answer file with multiple types

On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote: > This statement works for .txt files. > answer file "Select the text file" with type "Text|txt" > > How would I allow both .txt and .csv files as multiple types? The > documentation says it can be done

Answer file with multiple types

This statement works for .txt files. answer file "Select the text file" with type "Text|txt" How would I allow both .txt and .csv files as multiple types? The documentation says it can be done but I'm not seeing the right syntax. Thanks, Bill Vlahos _

Re: Are the 'ask file' and 'answer file' stacks modal or not?

On Dec 18, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Ken Ray wrote: > >> On Dec 17, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: >> >>> But then we have the "as sheet" parameter do we not? >> >> For Mac, yes… but not for any other OS… > > Yes and no: the "sheet" effect only works on OS X where

Re: Are the 'ask file' and 'answer file' stacks modal or not?

Ken Ray wrote: On Dec 17, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: But then we have the "as sheet" parameter do we not? For Mac, yes… but not for any other OS… Yes and no: the "sheet" effect only works on OS X where that's the convention, but using the "as sheet" option on Windows (and

Re: Are the 'ask file' and 'answer file' stacks modal or not?

On Dec 17, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote: > But then we have the "as sheet" parameter do we not? For Mac, yes… but not for any other OS… Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

Re: Are the 'ask file' and 'answer file' stacks modal or not?

hose dialogs, and Ken is using using that. In LiveCode and all >> my standalones I get the same placement you do. > > I don't think you can program the locaton of the 'ask file' and 'answer file' > dialogs… they are under the control of the host OS and b

Re: Are the 'ask file' and 'answer file' stacks modal or not?

program the locaton of the 'ask file' and 'answer file' dialogs… they are under the control of the host OS and behave (AFAIK) as the OS wants them to; which wil be in the last place the user dragged them (or center screen if the user never dragged them). Ken Ray

Re: Are the 'ask file' and 'answer file' stacks modal or not?

On 12/17/11 3:00 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: I notice that the windows (stacks) that open when 'ask file' and 'answer file' commands are executed have close boxes under Windows (not on Mac), but on the other hand the calling program's script is stopped until there is an

Are the 'ask file' and 'answer file' stacks modal or not?

I notice that the windows (stacks) that open when 'ask file' and 'answer file' commands are executed have close boxes under Windows (not on Mac), but on the other hand the calling program's script is stopped until there is an action (pressing a button) in the file-h

Re: answer file filter

Tricky way to get more Google hits!! Bob On Jul 8, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: > the correct address is > > http://www.frederikseiffert.de/filetype/ > > Thanks for the Moly Revenge link ;-) > > > Le 8 juil. 2011 à 22:17, Pete a écrit : > >> Thanks Pierre, I will get that. >> P

Re: answer file filter

>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Klaus on-rev >> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Pete, >>>> >>>> Am 08.07.2011 um 19:30 schrieb Pete: >>>> >>>>> What is the 4-character OS X

Re: answer file filter

ge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Klaus on-rev >wrote: > > > >> Hi Pete, > >> > >> Am 08.07.2011 um 19:30 schrieb Pete: > &g

Re: answer file filter

Hi Pete, Am 08.07.2011 um 20:10 schrieb Pete: > Thanks Klaus, didn't know about "the long files". Actually, I think the > code I'm looking for is RSTK - I think "Revo" is the creator code. Ah, yes, sorry, mixed it :-) > Pete Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev

Re: answer file filter

RSTK - I think "Revo" is the creator code. > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > >> Hi Pete, >> >> Am 08.07.2011 um 19:30 schrieb Pete: >

Re: answer file filter

Hi Pete, > > Am 08.07.2011 um 19:30 schrieb Pete: > > > What is the 4-character OS X file type of LC stack files (for use in the > > answer file dialog)? > > "the long files" tell me: Revo > > ... > cp_te

Re: answer file filter

Hi Pete, Am 08.07.2011 um 19:30 schrieb Pete: > What is the 4-character OS X file type of LC stack files (for use in the > answer file dialog)? "the long files" tell me: Revo ... cp_test.rev,866,286,1218822737,1218823007,1309956285,0,502,80,644,RevoRSTK

answer file filter

What is the 4-character OS X file type of LC stack files (for use in the answer file dialog)? Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

" > > Although this may sound funny it effectively detaches the image from the > file on disk and makes it an independent image object. > > kind regards > > Bernd > > > > >> I use this script in an image area: > >> on mouseup > >>

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

o the imagedata of img "foto1" Although this may sound funny it effectively detaches the image from the file on disk and makes it an independent image object. kind regards Bernd >> I use this script in an image area: >> on mouseup >> answer file "Kies

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

--- On Thu, 1/27/11, William de Smet wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > I use this script in an image area: > on mouseup >     answer file "Kies een foto:" with type "All > Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf" >             >    if it = empty >      

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

Hi Bernd, I use this script in an image area: on mouseup answer file "Kies een foto:" with type "All Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf" if it = empty then put empty into img "foto1" exi

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

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Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

geschreven: > >> Why doesn't this work for BMP files? >> answer file "Kies een foto:" with type "All >> Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf" > > The reason might be because the .bmp file may not have been assigned a type > code. If you

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

> Why doesn't this work for BMP files? > answer file "Kies een foto:" with type "All > Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf" The reason might be because the .bmp file may not have been assigned a type code. If you *only* want to get .bmp files with a ty

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

On 1/26/11 12:41 AM, William de Smet wrote: Hi Jacqueline, I forget to mention that this works for all images except for .bmp files. I'm on OSX 10.6 and the file is shown in Finder. Is this related to OSX? I just tried it and it works for me, so I'm not sure what the problem could be. But it

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

to OSX? > > Greetings, > > William > > - > Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone! > > Op 26 jan. 2011 om 06:14 heeft "J. Landman Gay" > het volgende geschreven: > >> On 1/25/11 12:19 PM, William de Smet wrote: >>> Hi there, >>>

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

ende geschreven: > On 1/25/11 12:19 PM, William de Smet wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> Why doesn't this work for BMP files? >> answer file "Kies een foto:" with type "All >> Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf" >> >> on mouseup

Re: Answer file with type BMPf?

On 1/25/11 12:19 PM, William de Smet wrote: Hi there, Why doesn't this work for BMP files? answer file "Kies een foto:" with type "All Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf" on mouseup answer file "Choose:" with type "All Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp

Answer file with type BMPf?

Hi there, Why doesn't this work for BMP files? answer file "Kies een foto:" with type "All Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf" on mouseup answer file "Choose:" with type "All Images|jpg,gif,png,bmp|JPEG,GIFf,PNGf,BMPf"