A cross-platform answer file?

[Klaus Major]

Hi Doug

> In the docs, the example of an answer file for web graphics is:
>
> answer file myPrompt with filter "Web Graphics,*.jpg;*.gif;*.png"

> But... this doesn't work for OS X, which seems to require a 
> concatenation of
> 4-character Mac types.
>
> What are the types in this case? JPEGGIFFPING?
>
> How would one make a cross-platform version of this answer file prompt?

on mouseup
   if the platform = "MacOS" then
        put "JPEGGIFfPNGf" into filterlist
    else  ##for windows, no idea about *nix...
         put "*.jpg;*.gif;*.png" into filterlist
   end if
  answer file myPrompt with filter filterlist
  ## do your stuff here...
end mouseup

Hope that helps...

> Thanks,
>
> doug

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de