Save file dialogs...

[Richard Gaskin]

Trevor DeVore wrote:

 > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:32 AM Brian Milby via use-livecode <
 > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
 >
 >> One option would be to leave the extension off when initially
 >> presented to the user. Then add the correct extension before saving
 >> if the user did not manually add one. It is probably a little more
 >> complicated than that though... unless the user has their OS set to
 >> display extensions, they may not be presented with them normally. I’m
 >> not sure if that is detectable from within LC though.
 >
 > One thing to be aware of with this approach is that it won’t work if
 > your app is sandboxed (apps distributed through the Mac App Store are
 > sandboxed). When sandboxed you can only write to a file path that the
 > user explicitly specifies. You will get an error if you try to change
 > the path that the user specified in the save as dialog.

Good point. Thanks for that, Trevor.

It would seem an enhancement request is in order.

Paul, are you in a position to file that?

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