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Re: Formatting question
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Re: Formatting question


  • Subject: Re: Formatting question
  • From: "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:03:14 -0700
  • Thread-topic: Formatting question

Title: Re: Formatting question


> I would use the Satimage OSAX for numeric formatting like this.  If I
> couldn't ensure that was installed everywhere it needed to be, then
> I'd probably call out to the shell:
>
> set DNGnumber to do shell script "printf DNGd " & DNGnumber
>

There really is no reason to go to an OSAX, much less a shell script, for such a simple operation.

Here's a version that is plain vanilla applescript and would save dozens of nano-seconds compared to using an OSAX or a shell script....

set userPrompt to "Enter your DNG Kit number" & return
repeat
    set userChoice to display dialog userPrompt default answer "" buttons {"Next", " Cancel "} default button 1 giving up after 30
    if the button returned of userChoice is " Cancel " then return
    try
        set DNGnumber to the text returned of the userChoice as integer
        exit repeat
    on error
        set userPrompt to "You must enter a number" & return & return & "Enter your DNG Kit number" & return
    end try
end repeat
display dialog "DNGnumber is " & DNGnumber
if DNGnumber is less than 10 then
    set DNGnumber to "DNG00" & DNGnumber
else if DNGnumber is less than 100 then
    set DNGnumber to "DNG0" & DNGnumber
else
    set DNGnumber to "DNG" & DNGnumber
end if
display dialog DNGnumber


HTH,

ES
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