Thank you, Bob. I have a better understanding of it now.
John Balgenorth On Oct 10, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote: > The filter is inclusive, not exclusive. You would need to include every file > type on your computer EXCEPT the ones you want to exclude. That of course, is > not practical. > > As I mentioned but did not likely make entirely clear, the *only* piped item > that matters is the second one, or the second one in each line of a return > delimited list. For example: > > “JPEG Files|jpg” > “|jpeg” > > will allow you to select files of type JPG and JPEG. Not sure if the TYPE > form will work on Windows. If it does then the FILTER form is essentially > deprecated. > > Bob S > > > On Oct 10, 2014, at 15:01 , JB > <sund...@pacifier.com<mailto:sund...@pacifier.com>> wrote: > > It kind of explains it. I previously had trouble > with the answer file filtering and gave up. You > mentioned you needed to list the Adobe etc, & > not just .pdf. How about jpg and jpeg there are > many applications that use these types. > > How about providing a sample script that will let > me filter everything but jpg, jpeg, rev, gif, text, db. > > John Balgenorth > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode