File SaveDIALOG

[IanBarber]

I am using the following code to open the FileSaveAs Dialog

var file = File.saveDialog('Save info', 'Info:*.txt');

On a Mac there is no File Extension added unlike in Windows. Is there a way to force an extension or this just the way it works on MAC

Ian

[Geppetto Luis]

Try using this little code

try{executeAction( charIDToTypeID('save'), undefined, DialogModes.ALL );}catch(e){} 

[r-bin]

Code snippet from Image Processor.jsx

if ( File.fs == "Windows" ) {
    saveFile = File.saveDialog( "Pick an XML file to save", "XML Files: *.xml" );
} else {
    saveFile = File.saveDialog( "Pick an XML file to save", MacXMLFilter );
}

function MacXMLFilter( f )
{
    var xmlExtension = ".xml"; // replace with .txt
    var lCaseName = f.name;
    lCaseName.toLowerCase();
    if ( lCaseName.indexOf( xmlExtension ) == f.name.length - xmlExtension.length )
        return true;
    else if ( f.type == 'TEXT' )
        return true;
    else if ( f instanceof Folder )
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}

Remake for your
Replace ".xml" with ".txt"

[Geppetto Luis]

Mr. r-bin on mac doesn't work.

[r-bin]

Yes, parenthesis missing 🙂

if ( File.fs == "Windows" ) {
    saveFile = File.saveDialog( "Pick an XML file to save", "XML Files: *.xml" );
} else {
    saveFile = File.saveDialog( "Pick an XML file to save", MacXMLFilter );
}

function MacXMLFilter( f )
{
    var xmlExtension = ".xml"; // replace with .txt
    var lCaseName = f.name;
    lCaseName.toLowerCase();
    if ( lCaseName.indexOf( xmlExtension ) == f.name.length - xmlExtension.length )
        return true;
    else if ( f.type == 'TEXT' )
        return true;
    else if ( f instanceof Folder )
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}

[Geppetto Luis]

Mr. r-bin
the save as window opens
just that no file extension comes out?

[IanBarber]

Same here, the save as dialog shows but no extension.

I think  this is a MAC feature to be honest after further reading.

[Geppetto Luis]

Have you tried this

it works on my mac

try{executeAction( charIDToTypeID('save'), undefined, DialogModes.ALL );}catch(e){}

[IanBarber]

Yes that does work although it does not offer txt file as the Format

[PECourtejoie]

Ian, hello, I'm no coder, but it seems that Catalina changed some stuff related to the file extensions

[Kukurykus]

I added missing closing curly brace to your previous.

[boguslavsky]

Any update on this? I'm having this exact same problem...

[Stephen Marsh]

I believe that you'll need to:

(1) Use scriptUI to code your own dialog with other supporting code for unsupported Save As/Save a Copy file formats

(2) Use native operating system UI elements such as  prompt()  and   Folder.selectDialog()  and other supporting code for unsupported Save As/Save a Copy file formats

Example here:

Saving/File extension issue in Photoshop 21.1.0

[boguslavsky]

For now, I ended up doing this:

// Detects the operating system
function detectOS() {
	var userDataPath = csInterface.getSystemPath(SystemPath.USER_DATA)
	if (userDataPath.substring(0,1) !== '/') {
		return 'windows';
	} else {
		return 'osx';
	};
}

// If the operating system is MacOS, and the last 4 characters of the chosen filepath are NOT '.json', add '.json' to the end o the filename as the extension.
if (operatingSystem == 'osx' && filePath.substr(filePath.length - 5) !== '.json') {
	filePath += '.json'
};