Filter with more than one parameter

[Bob Hartley]

At 19:29 03/01/2004 -1000, you wrote:
>I think I'm missing something really simple:


OK here is how I did it with checkboxes. (with the help of sarah)

you can download the rev file from
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~rh82p/

and use an copy any bit of it you wish.

see screenshot here
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~rh82p/confocal.jpg

Cheers
bob

code below


global gHierList,gClickList,gjpgList,gbioradList,ggifList
on mouseUp
   put empty into gHierList
   put empty into field 1
   answer folder "Pick a folder you want to walk:"
   if it is empty then exit mouseUp
   set lockCursor to true
   set cursor to watch
   directoryWalk it
   put empty into newList
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "JPEG" then
filter tempList with "*.jpg"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "BIORAD" then
filter tempList with "*raw*.pic"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "GIF" then
filter tempList with "*.gif"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "TIFF" then
filter tempList with "*.tif"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "PSD" then
filter tempList with "*.psd"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "BMP" then
filter tempList with "*.bmp"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "REVOLUTION" then
filter tempList with "*.rev"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "FREEHAND" then
filter tempList with "*.fh10"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "WORD" then
filter tempList with "*.doc"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "EXCEL" then
filter tempList with "*.xls"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "POWERPOINT" then
filter tempList with "*.ppt"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put gHierList into tempList
if the hilite of button "ENDNOTE" then
filter tempList with "*.enl"
put tempList & cr after newList
end if
put newList into gHierList
put gHierList into field 1
   put number of lines of fld 1
   filter field 1 with "*?"
   set lockCursor to false
end mouseUp

on directoryWalk whatFolder
   set the defaultFolder to whatFolder
   put the files into temp
   repeat for each line x in temp
     put whatFolder & "/" & x & return after gHierList
   end repeat
   put the folders into tDirList
   repeat with x =  2 to the number of lines of tDirList
     directoryWalk (whatFolder & "/" & (line x of tDirList))
   end repeat
end directoryWalk




>on importPhotos gCurrentFolder
>   set the directory to gCurrentFolder
>   put the files into temp
>   filter temp with "*.jpg,*.gif,*.png"
>  put temp
>on importPhotos
>
>
>doesn't work, but
>
>filter temp with "*.jpg"
>
>does work... What am I doing wrong? Can we not filter a container with 
>multiple criteria in a single pass? I couldn't see how to use a 
>wildCardExpression for this and the command doesn't support full regEx, 
>which could do the job. I searched and searched the docs but no answer 
>that applies to filtering a container, just platform specific stuff for 
>answer file. I would also like to  filter file lists for 
>"*.html,*.txt,*.shtml,*.xml,*.htm.*indd" in one pass as well.
>
>Of course we can do the following, but it seems like a lot more than 
>should be needed:
>
>on importPhotos gCurrentFolder
>   set the directory to gCurrentFolder
>   put the files into temp
>   put temp into tOnlyJpegs
>   put temp into tOnlyGifs
>   put temp into tOnlyPngs
>   filter tOnlyJpegs with "*.jpg"
>   filter tOnlyGifs with "*.gif"
>   filter tOnlyPngs with "*.png"
>   put tOnlyJpegs & cr & tOnlyGifs & cr& tOnlyPngs into _allPix
>   put _allPix
>on importPhotos
>
>??
>
>Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
>Himalayan Academy Publications
>at Kauai's Hindu Monastery
>katir at hindu.org
>
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