More on 'there is a file it' returning false for files w/ non-Western European chars

[Robert Sneidar]

I created an empty Revolution stack called äô.rev. I created another  
stack called bobtest. In the stack script of bobtest I put the  
following script:

ON bobtest
     answer file "Please select a file..."
     put it into theFile
     IF theFile is empty THEN
         answer "The user cancelled." WITH "Darnitall!"
     END IF
     open stack theFile
END bobtest

This worked for me. The filename remains intact. The stack opens as it  
should.

I noticed you are using open file it. I am not sure what kind of file  
you are trying to open. If it is a stack, that won't work. You have to  
use Open Stack. If it is a file, you have to tell the Finder to open  
the file. If you are trying to do low level file functions, then let's  
explore that.

To write to a low level file you need to use the form "open file  
theFile for write". Like so:

ON bobtest
     answer file "Please select a file..."
     put it into theFile
     IF theFile is empty THEN
         answer "The user cancelled." WITH "Darnitall!"
     END IF
     open file theFile FOR write
     write "This is a test." to file theFile
     close file theFile
END bobtest

Upon opening the file, I find the text, "This is a test." plain as  
day.  So I am still unsure what you are having a problem with.

Bob "SlimPikn" Sneidar
Hog Pilot Extraordinaire

On Apr 15, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Colin Holgate wrote:

> At 10:41 AM -0700 4/15/08, Robert Sneidar wrote:
>> Am I missing something here?
>
> Yes, you missed the part where you test your theory! I tried for a  
> while to find a solution, and couldn't find one. The issue is that  
> when you get the file that contains those odd characters, the string  
> is already wrecked. You can see the effect by doing this (and  
> pointing to a file with those odd characters in its name):
>
> answer file ""
> open file it
> close file it
>
> You'll now have a new file, that is the distorted variation of the  
> original filename. So for any case where you are asking the user to  
> pick a file, you're not going to have the path to that file, you'll  
> get a modified version of it.
>
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