can't get .txt extension on saved file

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I can’t seem to get showSaveFileDialog() to append a .txt postfix to the filename. Even when I type it into the dialog box, it seems to strip it off. Without .txt, excel will not allow me to import the text file. What am I doing wrong??

Dim file As FolderItem file = FolderItem.ShowSaveFileDialog(MyFileType.text, "PressureLog-.txt") If file <> Nil Then output = TextOutputStream.Create(file)

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Filetypes.

https://documentation.xojo.com/api/user_interface/desktop/savefiledialog.html

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Thanks. I guess if I have more than one extension in the filetype.text then it doesn’t know what to append to the filename?

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You really should only have one extension for types that you save.

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http://documentation.xojo.com/api/files/filetype.html

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[quote]Thanks. I guess if I have more than one extension in the filetype.text then it doesn’t know what to append to the filename?
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Not a great idea.
In notepad, you will find it defaults to TXT as a file type.
You can select another filetype of ‘all files’ if you the user want to force an extension.

Without a filetyoe there is nothing to prevent your user adding .MOV or .PDF as the extension is there?