Re: Saving an AudioFile without an extension
Re: Saving an AudioFile without an extension
- Subject: Re: Saving an AudioFile without an extension
- From: Richard Dobson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 11:04:09 +0100
Maybe, but have you read this ?
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Concepts/FileNameExtensions.html
Note especially this section:
"
To ensure platform interoperability and retain the Mac OS X user
experience, there are some basic guidelines you should follow to support
filename extensions:
* Make sure all of your document types have an associated filename
extension.
* Use the display name of a file whenever you display files in your
user interface. (See Getting Display Names in Your Code for details.)
* Save dialogs should allow users to control whether to hide
filename extensions.
* Applications should preserve the existing show/hide setting and
filename extension when opening or saving a document.
* Applications should add an appropriate extension when saving a
new file or when saving an existing file using the Save As command.
* Applications should not append an extension or change the
show/hide setting of a file that does not have an extension.
* Applications should display an alert when the user tries to save
a file after typing a known, incorrect filename extension.
"
This makes it clear, IMO, that you should always suply the file
extension; the user has the choice whether to see it or not.
Richard Dobson
Herbie Robinson wrote:
I would like to know why you want to save a file without a file
extension.
Probably because the user community demands it....
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