XP and ask/answer file commands.

Ray Bennett rjb at escapesports.com
Fri Feb 28 04:20:54 EST 2003


Way cool.  Backup and build with pre-beta.  Thanks, Ken!

On Thursday, Feb 27, 2003, at 14:20 America/New_York, Ken Ray wrote:

> This was something that was not working properly in 1.1.1, I believe.
> The MC engine for 2.0 includes the fix to that bug.
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Bennett" <smilingeyes at mac.com>
> To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:43 PM
> Subject: XP and ask/answer file commands.
>
>
>> XP seems to ignore my request to set a default directory where the
> user
>> will be when I ask them to open a file.   OS X / OS 9 both doing just
>> what I'd expect.  XP always goes to where it was last.
>>
>> Help?
>>
>> code sample....
>>
>> put the _workingPath of stack "Fred" & "d_BRK Files/" into thePath
>>    put "*.brk" into theFilters
>>
>>    if the platform = "Win32" then
>>      answer file "Select a  .brk  file:" with thePath with filter
>> theFilters
>>    else
>>      --
>>      answer file "Select a   .brk    file: " with thePath
>>    end if
>>
>>
>> the _workingPath property is my application equivalent of the
>> "defaultfolder" and does end in a "/"
>>
>> The dialog box displayed on the XP box is always wherever I was last.
>> Is the code incorrect?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Ray
>>
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