file extentions

[corbo950]

is there away to set the file extension when saving a file out of an AIR application?

[evride]

you can do so in the resolvePath() function.

var file:File = File.desktopDirectory.resolvePath("image.jpg");
trace(file.type); // this will get you the file extension and this is a read only property, cannot set. 

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/...ropertySummary

[johnnyboy]

Hey man,

Were u thinking about actually changing the format of a file or?

Let's say you load in a JPG, you could convert it and save it as a PNG via BitmapData and the adobe image encoder classes.

Just a thought, if that was ur interest

[corbo950]

no i was just am having people export a csv file and didnt want them to have to type in .csv and i got it set

[OrganicChem]

Hello,

My first post on this forum. I have a similar situation in my Air program where I need to have the user save the file in a specific location with a specific name natively. The default extension is .pdf but if they change the file's name and don't add the .pdf extension, silly Adobe won't recognize this as a pdf file and all hell breaks loose. This happens only in Windows environment. I wish someone can help me out there, my function to call the save:

public function mergeComplete(outputFile:File) : void {

				PopUpManager.removePopUp(processingPopup);
				
				var byteArray:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
				
				var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
				fileStream.open(outputFile, FileMode.READ);
				fileStream.readBytes(byteArray);
				fileStream.close();
				
				outputLocation.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, selectHandler);
				outputLocation.save(byteArray, "myFile.pdf");
				
			}

Thanks, I await some responses.