[proFit-list] pro Fit and Applescript…doesn't like '/' in file names

[Dave]

Hi Kurt,
	Yeah, you're right. I think I got suckered in there by concentrating on my science and not my programming.

OS X will let you save something with a '/' in the file name, but internally converts it to a ':' character, and displays the ':' as a '/' in the Finder as well. 

I wrote an app in Cocoa for doing cyclic voltammetry, and I'm doing a bunch of scans at different scan rates, and the app lets me save stuff as "foo at 20 mV/s" and I got lulled into complacency.

I think the problem resides not with applescript nor pro Fit, but with me. Fixed.   ;)

Thanks,
	Dave

On Nov 18, 2011, at 9:21 PM, proFit Support wrote:

> Dear Dave
> 
> In the present case, I do not really know if the problem resides in Apple Script or in pro Fit. However, using a "/" in a file name is generally not recommended, see any of the following:
> http://www.jmu.edu/computing/mac/filenamesOSX.shtml
> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10342944-263.html
> http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=3%26section=4%26tasks=true
> http://www.google.ch/search?q=macos+slash+in+filename
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Kurt Sutter
> QuantumSoft
> 
> On 19. Nov 2011, at 0:41, Dave Sopchak wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I found out the hard way that pro Fit will give an error if you're trying to save a file while running from an Applescript and the file name or path has a '/' character in it. Bug or feature? 
>> 
>> The app itself can save files with a '/' character in the name, but I noticed on text file imports, while the data window's name has a '/' character in it, when you go to save, the '/' is converted to a '-'. 
>> 
>> Here's some example code and a workaround…
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 	Dave
>> 
>> 
>> 	set bar to (theFile as text) & ", pro fit data"
>> 	
>> 	set foo to replace_chars(bar, "/", "-")
>> 	
>> 	tell application "pro Fit 6.2.4"
>> 		activate
>> 		data import options mode custom headerLines 2 delimiter "*\\w" terminator "\\R" title delimiter "\\w" with copyInfo and titles
>> 		open theFile as data window
>> 		
>> 		save window 1 in foo
>> 	end tell
>> 		
>> 
>> on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
>> 	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
>> 	set the item_list to every text item of this_text
>> 	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
>> 	set this_text to the item_list as string
>> 	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
>> 	return this_text
>> end replace_chars
>> 
>> 
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