A cross-platform answer file?

[Doug Lerner]

On 1/25/04 12:07 AM, "Klaus Major" <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:

> 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
>

I notice this only works on OS X with files created on a Mac. Other JPEGs
and GIFs don't have the write JPEG and GIFf thing set unless you open them
up first and save them with a Mac app.

Any workaround for that?

doug