Does 'export image to file' give any warnings?

[Ken Ray]

On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Graham Samuel wrote:

> I'm using 'export image' to put an image into a file without invoking a 'save' dialog - this is what my user wants. However, I can't see any obvious way of knowing that the new image has the same name has an existing one and would therefore overwrite it. I set up a button that does
> 
> on mouseUp
>   put the defaultFolder into temp
>   export img "ThePic"to URL ("binfile:" & temp &"/meagain.jpg") as JPEG
>   put "it= " &&"; result="&&(the result)
> end mouseUp

Graham, test the existence of the file first before ou export:

put temp & "/meagain.jpg" into tFile
if there is not a file tFile then
   export img "ThePic to URL theFile as JPEG
else
   -- do something else
end if

Ken Ray
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