>I have a question or possible feature request. In the application I
>am working on, users can create files to save data to. I check to
>make sure, when a user enters a new file name to be created, that the
>file does not already exist. Since I always append a suffix to the
>file name if the user has neglected to do this, I cannot rely on the
>standard replace query feature in the file save dialog box to catch
>duplicate file names (since, if the user didn't append the suffix,
>the file name used would be different from the one that the standard
>dialog would check for).
Unless I misunderstand you, try something like
ask file "Save as..."
if it is empty then exit to metaCard
# Handle suffix
set the itemDel to "/"
put item 1 to -2 of it into tPath
put last item of it into tFile
set the itemDel to "."
if num of items of tFile>1 then
if last item of tFile is not <suffix> then
put <suffix> into last item of tFile
end if
else put <suffix> into item 2 of tFile
# Recombine file path
put tPath&"/"&tFile into tFilePath
if there is a file tFilePath then
answer warning "A file with this name already exists. Do you want to
replace it?" with "No" or "Yes"
/H
Hugh Senior
The Flexible Learning Company
Consultant Programming & Software Solutions
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