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    • W Offline
      WorCoder
      last edited by

      Just getting this thread out of retirement...

      Is there any new solution to this?
      I would love to see this one fixed. (Meaning a possible mask application or anything for the filetype selector in the savepanel.)

      Regards 😎

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      • honoluludesktopH Offline
        honoluludesktop
        last edited by

        Jim, Thanks. I knew about the .ext bug making _.ext, but didn't know about using it with ""|nil. So, there is no way to force the savepanel to open with .ext in a predetermined folder?

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          Why (""|nil) instead if just nil ?

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          • J Offline
            Jim
            last edited by

            Apologies - that was just meant as a notation for either "" or nil.

            Hi

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              Ah, gotcha!

              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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              • J Offline
                Jim
                last edited by

                @honoluludesktop said:

                So, there is no way to force the savepanel to open with *.ext in a predetermined folder?

                Not that I know.

                Hi

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                • J Offline
                  Jim
                  last edited by

                  Still can't add filetypes to the "Save as type" dropdown, as far as I know.

                  But you can provide a extension mask as follows:

                  UI.savepanel "Title", nil, "*.rb" (can use empty String or nil for middle param)

                  Note, if you try to provide a directory name (the 2nd parameter,) the file mask gets messed up - it's a bug (IMO.) The file mask asterisk will get translated into an underscore: " _.rb"

                  And this might only work on Windows, I don't know.

                  Also, to work around the bug it may be possible to use Dir.chdir() to set the default directory before calling savepanel. (Update: Looks like this doesn't work. Windows must store the MRU location somewhere.)

                  Hi

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    It's been reported before - but it doesn't hurt reminding them...
                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=29023

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • W Offline
                      WorCoder
                      last edited by

                      Thanks for the effort, guys.
                      Sadly this doesn't really help.

                      Seems to me as more inconvenient to have to move to the desired folder every time.

                      What bugs me the most is, that one can't click save and then immediately start typing the filename, in the way that the whole line (including ".xxx")is highlighted.

                      Since there might be some not really intelligent people handling this, I would love a way for them to immediately start typing, but still have the right extension visible as well.
                      Do I have to file a bug-report to get this in or is there nothing one can do to try and get functionality of the filetype selector!?

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        If the users are so stupid why even give them the chance of saving the file in a weird folder or giving it a stupid name ?
                        Why not always locate and name the file 'with the model'.
                        First use a trap (puts "Save SKP!";return nil if model.path=="" in case your SKP is not saved.
                        You get the folder from folder=File.dirname(model.path)
                        You could then 'set' the file-name based on the model, so file=model.title+".xxx" or whatever file type suffix you want.
                        You could use the Scene name in the name too...
                        scene=model.pages.selected_page.name.gsub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/,"_")
                        [The gsub is to avoid making a file name with 'illegal' characters like /:"etc]
                        Then file=model.title+"_"+scene+".xxx"
                        OR you could use a file name based on the 'date/time' which will always be different...
                        time=sprintf("%.1d\n",(Time.now.to_f*100))
                        Then file=model.title+"_"+time+".xxx"
                        Set the path=File.join(folder,file).tr("\\","/")
                        [The tr is only to tidy up if you are to display it later - e.g. in a confirming dialog - as you might get a mix of / and \ on a PC]
                        Now use the path to export, or save as a data file etc...
                        Alternatively you could let the user set the file name with a simple inputbox
                        results=inputbox(["File Name: "],[model.title],"Type in XXX File Name [WITHOUT a '.xxx' suffix]") return nil if not results file=(File.basename(results[0]).gsub(/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/,"_"))+".xxx"
                        which traps 'stupid' input or file suffix...

                        TIG

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                        • W Offline
                          WorCoder
                          last edited by

                          Thanks for those tips! I really appreciate this.

                          I see your point. Since there are pro and dumb users, the features I would love to include are:

                          • selecting your own name for the file
                          • selecting your wished folder to store into
                          • keep "uneducated" users from messing up the filetype
                          • keep a clean interface for ease of use and esthetic reasons

                          And somehow I'm also on the point that talig mentioned

                          @talig said:

                          ...I find it puzzling that the list of file types exists but it's empty and can't be filled.

                          Mainly because I think this is just a basic functionality and I don't see the point in this option not being provided.
                          β˜€

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                          • W Offline
                            WorCoder
                            last edited by

                            P.S.: I did send in a report, so maybe there might be a fix in the future...

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @worcoder said:

                              • keep "uneducated" users from messing up the filetype

                              Can't you just correct the filename you are returned? If there is not file extension, automatically append it before saving? Since Windows since XP hide the file extension on known files many users are completely unaware of file extensions anyway.

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                              • W Offline
                                WorCoder
                                last edited by

                                @thomthom said:

                                many users are completely unaware of file extensions anyway.

                                Sorry for the late reply, was on holiday...
                                Sure I can correct the file extension, but I'd still love to have the nice looking "clean" solution with a working file type selector. πŸ˜‰

                                We'll see what the future brings.

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                                • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                  Dan Rathbun
                                  last edited by

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  Since Windows since XP hide the file extension on known files many users are completely unaware of file extensions anyway.

                                  Not a given.

                                  On all our machines (or any machine I work on,) I turn file extension display back ON.

                                  I'm not here much anymore.

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    @dan rathbun said:

                                    @thomthom said:

                                    Since Windows since XP hide the file extension on known files many users are completely unaware of file extensions anyway.

                                    Not a given.

                                    On all our machines (or any machine I work on,) I turn file extension display back ON.

                                    Yes - but by default XP hides it.

                                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                    • Dan RathbunD Offline
                                      Dan Rathbun
                                      last edited by

                                      @thomthom said:

                                      Yes - but by default XP hides it.

                                      Which is one of the dumbest things Microsoft does.

                                      I'm not here much anymore.

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                                      • T Offline
                                        tvcasualty
                                        last edited by

                                        Sorry to drudge up old news, but this is an embarrassingly old issue, be nice to have a filter option in the API by now.
                                        Here was my solution because I didn't like the fact that it could possibly overwrite a file accidentally using TIGs approach (untitled != untitled.txt for example). Anyhow it can be a burden to hit save twice, but I'd rather do that 100x then accidentally save over something important.

                                        Where:

                                        
                                        EXT = "txt"
                                        default_dir = "c;\\temp\\"
                                        default_file = "untitled"
                                        
                                        

                                        The following while loop:

                                        
                                        name_valid = false 
                                        while name_valid == false 
                                         path_to_save_to = UI.savepanel("Save Code File", default_dir, default_file)
                                         #path_to_save_to = path_to_save_to.tr("\\","/") # This maybe required.
                                         fileext = File.extname(path_to_save_to) # filename with prefix stripped
                                         filebase = File.basename(path_to_save_to, ".#{EXT}")
                                         #puts fileext.inspect
                                         if fileext == "" || fileext == nil
                                          default_file = filebase + ".#{EXT}"
                                          UI.messagebox "Oops! Including the file extension '#{EXT}'\nThis is an embarrassing workaround...\nPlease hit save again."
                                          #puts default_file.inspect
                                         else
                                          filename = filebase + ".#{EXT}"
                                          path_to_save_to = File.dirname(path_to_save_to) + "\\" + filename
                                          name_valid = true
                                         end
                                        end
                                        
                                        
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