Re: Set the target_file without prompt?
Re: Set the target_file without prompt?
- Subject: Re: Set the target_file without prompt?
- From: TJ Marbois <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:50:56 -0800
Adam
Thanks...
Im saving to AIFF audio file from spoken text...
Basically I need to save individual files of spoken numbers with some
special audio attached to the end (copy pasted in after spoken text).
Then I want to save those file into a directory nicely named as the spoken
number etc.
Tj
On 11/2/04 2:55 PM, "Adam K. Wuellner" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 2, 2004, at 4:29 PM, TJ Marbois wrote:
>
>> How do I change this so I can pass a string and set the file name and
>> location with a passed string -- instead of prompting each time?
>>
>> set the target_file to choose file name with prompt "Name and
>> location."
>>
>> I want to pass a string 'theNumber' into a handler - that sets the
>> target_file name and just simply saves it to an output folder.
>
> You want the file to be specified by your code, not the user, correct?
>
> You can build up the path programatically, as a string, in either Mac
> or POSIX style. When it's a complete and valid path, you just ask for
> that file thusly:
> file "my:path:to:my:file"
> alias "my:path:to:my:file"
> or
> POSIX file "/path/to/my/file"
>
> When you say 'saves it', to what save mechanism are you referring?
> Some application dictionary's 'save' command, or are you going to write
> data to the file yourself, via 'write'?
>
>
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