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

[Robert Sneidar]

Oh I see now. Well I will bet it is the file system that is doing it.  
I wonder if you create the file using Text Edit what would happen to  
the name? What key sequences do you use to produce those characters? I  
will try here.

Bob "SlimPikn" Sneidar
Hog Pilot Extraordinaire

On Apr 15, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Robert Sneidar wrote:

> 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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