Add example to dictionary (was Re: Help on export snapshot)

[Devin Asay]

On Jun 11, 2009, at 7:58 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Mark Schonewille wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> This will work:
>>
>> on mouseUp
>>     put "~/desktop/test.png" into myFile
>>     if there is a file myFile then delete file myFile
>>     set the filetype to "????PNGf"
>>     export snapshot from rect (the rect of this stack) to file myFile
>> as PNG
>> end mouseUp
>
> Or to be cross-platform:
>
> put specialFolderpath("desktop") & "/test.png" into myFile


There are lots of great, short scripting examples, like this one, that  
show up here on the list. My I suggest that whenever you submit one  
you also consider submitting it as a User Note to the appropriate  
dictionary entry in Rev 3.5. It is real-world examples like this that  
are lacking in many dictionary entries, and they would make the  
dictionary a much more valuable tool.

In this particular example, I remember the first time I used export  
snapshot. It took me quite a bit of fiddling and searching the list  
archives until I finally got it. This script would have clarified it  
for me in a fraction of the time.

Regards,

Devin

P.S. Mark and Jacque, with your permission, I'll be happy to submit  
your combined example.

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University