-- card: 4015 from stack: in.0
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 4000
-- background id: 3837
-- name: FileName
----- HyperTalk script -----
on closecard
  hide message window
end closecard



-- part 10 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: A004
-- rect: left=223 top=245 right=293 bottom=283
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 27056 / 27056
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: Try it
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  put "Just select a file & it will return the full pathname"
  put filename()
end mouseUp



-- part 11 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: A003
-- rect: left=82 top=302 right=324 bottom=182
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: Install
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  if the optionkey is down then
    pass mouseup
  end if

  put (long name of this stack) into sourceStack
  delete first word of sourceStack
  delete first character of sourceStack
  delete last character of sourceStack
  put "Select a stack to copy this resource into."
  put filename("STAK") into fname
  if fname is empty then
    hide message window
    exit mouseup
  end if
  if sourcestack=fname then
    beep
    Answer "Get real.  You can't install it in this stack"
    hide message window
    exit mouseup
  end if

  --
  ModResCopy sourceStack,fname,"XFCN","FileName"
  --
  get the result
  if first char of it is "E" then
    put it into the message box
    beep
    answer "Attempt to install resource has failed."
  else
    beep
    answer "Resource installation successful"
  end if
  hide message window
end mouseUp



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----- text -----

This allows your HyperTalk scripts to request a filename via a Standard File Package dialog box.








Thanks to:
Steve Maller, Apple Computer.
AppleLink: maller1 • Delphi: stevemaller • MCI Mail: smaller


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FileName

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1

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Syntax:

FileName()
shows all files, or

FileName("TYPE")
where "TYPE" is the type of the file you want to open.

For example:
FileName("APPL") will show only applications

FileName("STAK") will show only stacks.

FileName("TEXT") will show only text documents.