Images & clipboard problems

[Chipp Walters]

Try the following:

ask file "Export picture as:" with filter "JPEG file,*.jpg"
if it is not empty then
  export image "revImage" to file it as JPEG
end if



> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Docteur Frank
> Dupraz
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 9:09 AM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Images & clipboard problems
> 
> 
> I would really appreciate help regarding the 2 following problems :
> - Image :
> When I do [put URL "binfile:myImage.gif" into image "revImage"] 
> everything works as expected.
> When I do [put image "revImage" into URL "file:whatSoEverImage.gif"] I 
> get expected garbage (text file), but when I do [put image "revImage" 
> into URL "binfile:whatSoEverImage.gif"] I get garbage as well.
> And when I do [put imageData of image "revImage" into URL 
> "binfile:whatSoEverImage.gif"] I obviously get even more garbage.
> Am I really that stupid or am I missing something ?
> 
> - Clipboard :
> I would be delighted to know whether someone knows how do something like 
> that : [put URL "binfile:../clipBoardFile" into image "myImage"] where 
> clipBoardFile is supposed to be the file where the Sytem stores the 
> clipboard data. Assuming that 1) the data is an image, 2) Mac OS X as 
> well as Mac OS 9.x stores clipboard data in a file somewhere rather than 
> in memory.
> The clipBoard() function is rather useless and gives only information 
> about the data type. Is there another one which allows access to the 
> content of the clipboard rather than the type ?
> 
> Zillions thanks in advance for your reply.
> 
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