Answer files with type

Timothy Miller gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com
Tue Jun 28 01:19:03 EDT 2011


I figured it out by trial and error.

This seems to do what I want:

with type "JPEG Images|jpg,jpeg,png|JPEG"

Any grave errors here?

Tim


On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:53 PM, Timothy Miller wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I'm using the "answer files with type" for the first time.
> 
> I'm not a computer professional and I barely stumble through LC by trial and error, so "with type" has me stumped.
> 
> In present instance, I want to select only jpeg and png files.
> 
> Cribbing out of the docs, I've come up with:
> 
> <code>
> answer files "Select the image you wish to add:" with "/Users/myUserName/Documents/Rev Documents/LC images" with type "JPEG Images|jpg|JPEG"
> </code>
> 
> This sort of works, except jpg images with the extension .jpeg are excluded, i.e., dimmed out. If I manually change the the file name to .jpg they are included.
> 
> Also, all png files are also dimmed out.
> 
> How do I change the "with type" parameter to include the .jpeg and png images? If possible, please tell me literally, because I'm going to try to copy and paste the answer.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Tim




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