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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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Is is possible to limit the file extensions in an allegro ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_SAVE dialogue? Specifically, I want to limit the extensions to the bitmap types .png, .bmp, .jpg, etc. with descriptions if possible. Something like this: {"name":"606200","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/0\/6\/06b4a778d987329f3d702f1187cac5ae.png","w":489,"h":384,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/0\/6\/06b4a778d987329f3d702f1187cac5ae"} -- |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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1ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *folder = al_create_fs_entry(".");
2if (al_open_directory(folder))
3{
4 ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *file;
5
6 while (file = al_read_directory(folder))
7 {
8 const char *filename = al_get_fs_entry_name(file);
9 ALLEGRO_PATH *path = al_create_path(filename);
10 const char *ext = al_get_path_extension(path);
11 if (strcmp(ext, "png") && strcmp(ext, "bmp"))
12 al_remove_fs_entry(file);
13 al_destroy_path(path);
14 }
15
16 al_close_directory(folder);
17}
18
19// show dialog
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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uhhhh.... That's very not the answer. (but funny) -- |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Well use your native OS file system with globbing then. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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Maybe I phrased my question the wrong way. I'm trying to limit the extensions in which the user is allowed to save. -- |
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SiegeLord
Member #7,827
October 2006
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Does the patterns argument of the al_create_native_file_dialog do nothing? "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow."-Ecclesiastes 1:18 |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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SiegeLord said: Does the patterns argument of the al_create_native_file_dialog do nothing? Not in this case. It limits what I can view, but I can still save as any filetype. {"name":"606201","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/d\/2\/d254b2ad4a1bacbd986e45d62583fc28.png","w":949,"h":626,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/d\/2\/d254b2ad4a1bacbd986e45d62583fc28"} To be more specific, I'm letting the user use the native save dialog to export an image file, but I'm limited to the extensions that Allegro can save. I don't want the user to try and save an image file as "mypicture.txt". -- |
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someone972
Member #7,719
August 2006
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I'm not sure there is a way to stop the user from typing in an extension that is not valid, at least not that I've seen. Most programs I've used let you type in any extension, and if it does not match the extension(s) it is looking for it appends the expected one onto it as though you only typed a file name (ex saving a Word document as document.txt will cause it to save as document.txt.doc). EDIT: If that does not seem pleasing to you, you could always check the extension (if there is one), and if it is not one of the supported saving types notify the user. ______________________________________ |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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It's still nice to have a list of extensions. Then the user can pick one and it gets tacked on automatically.
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