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How to get the selected Fileextension in the file dialog [message #436303]

Sat, 15 May 2004 21:23

Matthias

Messages: 9
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi

when i use the standard file dialog to let the user select a filename
under which the user wants to save a file i encounter the problem, that i
am not able to find out which file extension the user selected.

What did i miss?

Sincerely
Matt

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Re: How to get the selected Fileextension in the file dialog [message #436310 is a reply to message #436303]

Sun, 16 May 2004 21:41

Daniel Spiewak

Messages: 263
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

To the best of my knowledge, you're just going to have to use a
iterative character searching loop and look (from right to left) for the
'.' character. Then get the substring from one character right of the
'.' character to the end of the text. That'll give you extension.

Daniel

Matthias wrote:

>Hi
>
>when i use the standard file dialog to let the user select a filename
>under which the user wants to save a file i encounter the problem, that i
>am not able to find out which file extension the user selected.
>
>What did i miss?
>
>Sincerely
>Matt
>
>
>

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Re: How to get the selected Fileextension in the file dialog [message #436453 is a reply to message #436310]

Tue, 18 May 2004 21:47

Matthias

Messages: 9
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

That would work fine IF the user would have enterd the extension and not
just selects one extension...

As long as he/she dosent do it, getFileName() returns only that whats
entered in the textbox and does not appends the extension if necessary...

Daniel Spiewak wrote:

> To the best of my knowledge, you're just going to have to use a
> iterative character searching loop and look (from right to left) for the
> '.' character. Then get the substring from one character right of the
> '.' character to the end of the text. That'll give you extension.

> Daniel

> Matthias wrote:

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