Hi Scott, I am using a Mac and it allows a / in the name. If a / is in the name I think that if you simply get the last item it would not give you the full name.
John Balgenorth On Aug 10, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > Hi John: > > Does the following also do what you want? > > > answer file "Select a file:" > set itemDel to "/" > ask "File Name" with last item of it > > > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 8/10/14 10:00 PM, "JB" <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > >> Here is a handler I wrote that will return the file name. >> >> on mouseUp >> answer files "Select the file you want the Name of:" >> put the longFilePath of line 1 of it into filePath >> set the itemDelimiter to tab >> put number of chars in filePath into n >> repeat for n times >> if char n of filePath = ":" then put "/" before fileName >> else put char n of filePath before fileName >> if char n - 1 of filePath = "/" then exit repeat >> put n - 1 into n >> end repeat >> ask "File Name" with fileName >> end mouseUp >> >> John Balgenorth >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
