ask file with filter/type - how to read the selected type ?

[J. Landman Gay]

viktoras didziulis wrote:
> is there any way to know what file type user selects in ask file with 
> filter dialog ? I need to specify different handlers for file "Save as", 
> and now am first asking user to select the type of a desired output 
> (i.e. raw binary, ascii text, png image or ppm image) and next opening 
> ask file dialog to get the path for saving the data. But I know "this is 
> not good", because users are used to a single dialog for file saving 
> where they choose save as type and the data is processed without any 
> additional disturbances... The problem is that the selection of ask file 
> dialog is returned in 'it' variable but the selected type of file in the 
> dropdown list of that dialog is not returned in any readable way, or is 
> it?..

Check the result after the user selects a file. The tag is in there.

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