SaveDialog issue where path contains '.'

Targets Windows
1

In windows:

Using SaveDialog
With a filter that includes a default extension of (say) .extension

IF
The chosen filename is in a path which contains a ‘.’

example
C:/somefolder/.testing/subfoldername

…and the user enters a filename WITHOUT an extension, say ‘Banana’

What is returned is something like C:/My documents/.extension
The entered file name part is discarded, and the default extension is added.

If they enter a filename WITH an extension , eg Banana.extension
then it works properly…

I know . is a problem on Macs, but why would this be a problem on Windows?

2

It works ok for me, can you make a quick video showing it happen? Maybe I’m doing something different to you.

Dim t As New FileType
t.name = "Text Documents"
t.Extensions = ".txt"

Dim f As FolderItem
f = FolderItem.ShowSaveFileDialog(t, "text.txt")
Break

I typed in hello with no extension typed in it the path is

C:\Users\Julian\Desktop\.test\hello.txt

which is what I would expect it to do, add the .txt

3

I setup a custom SaveFileDialog, in case there’s a difference from ShowSaveFileDialog as Julian used. And I tried having the .whatever folder at the beginning, middle and end fo the path. But all attempts worked correctly as expected.

I agree with Julian, you must be doing something else that you didn’t include in your description.

P.S. A period is not a problem on Macs. It’s just if the file or folder begins with a period then the file or folder is hidden. No different than setting the Hidden attribute on Windows.

4

Only hidden in the Finder. Still visible in Terminal.

5

You can toggle the revealing of hidden items in Finder by pressing Cmd-Shift-period

6

And in file dialogs, too.