getting File Name

[JB]

Hi Scott,

I am using a Mac and it allows a / in the
name.  If a / is in the name I think that if
you simply get the last item it would not
give you the full name.

John Balgenorth


On Aug 10, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Hi John:
> 
> Does the following also do what you want?
> 
> 
> answer file "Select a file:"
> set itemDel to "/"
> ask "File Name" with last item of it
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/10/14 10:00 PM, "JB" <sundown at pacifier.com> wrote:
> 
>> Here is a handler I wrote that will return the file name.
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>> answer files "Select the file you want the Name of:"
>>  put the longFilePath of line 1 of it into filePath
>>  set the itemDelimiter to tab
>>  put number of chars in filePath into n
>>  repeat for n times
>>     if char n of filePath = ":" then put "/" before fileName
>>     else put char n of filePath before fileName
>>     if char n - 1 of filePath = "/" then exit repeat
>>     put n - 1 into n
>>  end repeat
>>  ask "File Name" with fileName
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> John Balgenorth
>> 
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