BBjFileSave::filters

Description

In BBj 25.03 and higher, this method sets one or more file filters that the user can select from.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
BBjFileOpen	filters(String `filters`)

Parameters

Variable	Description
filters	One or more filters in the following format: "text description" + $0a$ + "mask" [+$0a$ + "text description" + $0a$ + "mask" ...] The mask specifies an extension, in the format "`.ext`" or "`.`"; two or more masks are separated with semicolons. The filter, if included, indicates which files will appear in the list. Example: `f$ = ""` `f$ = f$ + "Text Files (.txt)"+$0a$+".txt"+$0a$` `f$ = f$ + "HTML Files (.htm;.html)"+$0a$+".htm;.html"+$0a$` `f$ = f$ + "Image Files (.png;.jpg;.bmp;.gif)"+$0a$+".png;.jpg;.bmp;.gif"+$0a$` `f$ = f$ + "All Files (.)"+$0a$+".*"+$0a$` `print bbjapi().filesave().filters(f$).show()`

Variable

Description

filters

One or more filters in the following format:

"text description" + $0a$ + "mask" [+$0a$ + "text description" + $0a$ + "mask" ...]

The mask specifies an extension, in the format "*.ext" or "*.*"; two or more masks are separated with semicolons. The filter, if included, indicates which files will appear in the list.

Example:

f$ = ""

f$ = f$ + "Text Files (*.txt)"+$0a$+"*.txt"+$0a$

f$ = f$ + "HTML Files (*.htm;*.html)"+$0a$+"*.htm;*.html"+$0a$

f$ = f$ + "Image Files (*.png;*.jpg;*.bmp;*.gif)"+$0a$+"*.png;*.jpg;*.bmp;*.gif"+$0a$

f$ = f$ + "All Files (*.*)"+$0a$+"*.*"+$0a$

print bbjapi().filesave().filters(f$).show()

Return Value

Returns this BBjFileSave object, enabling multiple methods to be chained.

Example

f$ = "" 
f$ = f$ + "Text Files (*.txt)"+$0a$+"*.txt"+$0a$
f$ = f$ + "HTML Files (*.htm;*.html)"+$0a$+"*.htm;*.html"+$0a$
f$ = f$ + "Image Files (*.png;*.jpg;*.bmp;*.gif)"+$0a$+"*.png;*.jpg;*.bmp;*.gif"+$0a$
f$ = f$ + "All Files (*.*)"+$0a$+"*.*"+$0a$
print bbjapi().filesave().filters(f$).show()

BBjFileSave::filters

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