Yes, you are so right! I found my problem: Some of my filenames had slashes in
them which created confusion for the filePath. Once I got rid of the slashes,
everything worked as one would expect. BTW, it’s not really my fault . . . I
didn’t put the slashes in the names . . . my customer did. Swine customer!!
Roger
> On Mar 20, 2019, at 7:22 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> You are providing a path and a file name. They are just not provided as
> separate parameters. The suggested file name must be placed at the end of
> the path location.
> On Mar 20, 2019, 9:42 PM -0400, Roger Guay via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote:
>> Thank you, Herman, but by providing this solution, are you saying that one
>> cannot specify BOTH a defaultName and a defaultFilePathin a standard ask
>> file prompt???
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>> On Mar 20, 2019, at 2:21 PM, hh via use-livecode
>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Create a *full* filePath. For example:
>>>
>>> ask file "Save as:" with imagePath("export",".png")
>>>
>>> function imagePath f,x
>>> put the effective filename of this stack into p
>>> set itemdel to slash
>>> put 0 into z
>>> put f&z&x into last item of p
>>> repeat while there is a file p
>>> add 1 to z
>>> put f&z&x into last item of p
>>> end repeat
>>> return p
>>> end imagePath
>>>
>>>> Roger G. wrote:
>>>> Now how do I also add a default name to the mix?
>>>>
>>>>> Alex T. wrote:
>>>>> ask file prompt [with *defaultFilePath*] [with filter *types*] [as sheet]
>>>>>
>>>>>> Roger G. wrote:
>>>>>> In the Ask File prompt, is there a way to make the “Where” field to
>>>>>> always default to a specific folder?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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