How does "ask file with type" work?

Mark Talluto userev at canelasoftware.com
Fri Apr 6 11:45:02 EDT 2007


On Apr 6, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> If a program elects to alter what a user has entered into that  
> dialog, it is the responsibility of that program to check for  
> conflicts and provide appropriate notification.


One example of this is to account for character length in the file  
name if the program is adding the extension itself.  With a 31  
character limit on the Mac one must account for the extension in that  
count.


Mark Talluto
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