RE: Save with no dialog after Save As...

["POIDINGER, Michael [JJRAU]" <MPOIDING at MEDAU dot JNJ dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettingstarted-bounces at lists dot realsoftware dot com 
> [mailto:gettingstarted-bounces at lists dot realsoftware dot com] On 
> Behalf Of Barrie Jones
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 9:39 AM
> To: RealBasic getting Started
> Subject: Save with no dialog after Save As...
> 
> I am trying to save a file without displaying the dialog box 
> when the user selects Save from the file menu.
> I tried to find the answer in the tutorial but it was 
> difficult to relate to my app.
> I have set the textHasChanged flag and need to bypass
> f=GetSaveFolderItem("myFileType",gFileName) in the SaveAs method.
> The SaveAs method starts as follows:
> 
>    Dim bs As BinaryStream
>    Dim f as FolderItem
>    f=GetSaveFolderItem("myFileType",gFileName)
>    If f = Nil then
>      // "Cancelled"
>    else
>      bs = f.CreateBinaryFile("myFileType")
>      if bs = nil then
>        MsgBox "Unable to create file"
>      else
>        // save data here
> 
> If I bypass this line:  f=GetSaveFolderItem("myFileType",gFileName)
> how do I get the folderItem f without displaying a dialog?
> Should I use a global folderItem in the SaveAs?
> 

TO re-iterate what Erik just said,
Use GetFolderItem to return a FolderItem object without user interaction.
The folderitem object then has a number of open as and save as methods.

Have a look at getfolderitem and folderitem in the online help

HTH
Mike
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