Making my text editor save the work

[Kevin J]

I understand what is going on in that script but where would I have to
put it Because my menu is in switch so would I have to put in under
the case "SaveAs..." ? Or in a different spot?


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:13:43 -0600, Derek Bump
<webmaster at dreamscapesoftware.com> wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> This is the standard save/save as script that I use.  The target file is
> stored in the Global Variable "targetFile".  It works like this, if the
> targetFile is empty or if you pass the parameter "true" then it will ask
> where you want to save the file.  The script is as follows...
> 
> on doSave saveAs
>     global targetFile
>     if (saveAs is "true") or (targetFile is empty) then
>        ask file "Save File As..." with "Untitled.txt"
>        if it is empty then exit to top
>        put it into targetFile
>     end if
> 
>     -- Then do what your script wants
>     put fld "txtWindow" into URL ("file:" & targetFile)
> end doSave
> 
> Just remember that when you close the file, remember to put empty into
> targetFile, otherwise you'll overwrite the file with future changes.
> 
> Derek Bump
> Dreamscape Software
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