I'm working on a project that essentially creates files via a shell script using "sox". The application is not document-based, all its doing is calling a script that creates files, and doesn't internally save any data. However, I need to prompt users where to save the file, and what file name to use before the script is run. What would be the best way to have a "save as.." dialog box to get a filepath/filename from a user to pass to the shell script?
This is pretty straightforward. You tagged this question with NSSavePanel
and that's exactly what you want to use.
- (IBAction)showSavePanel:(id)sender
{
NSSavePanel * savePanel = [NSSavePanel savePanel];
// Restrict the file type to whatever you like
[savePanel setAllowedFileTypes:@[@"txt"]];
// Set the starting directory
[savePanel setDirectoryURL:someURL];
// Perform other setup
// Use a completion handler -- this is a block which takes one argument
// which corresponds to the button that was clicked
[savePanel beginSheetModalForWindow:someWindow completionHandler:^(NSInteger result){
if (result == NSFileHandlingPanelOKButton) {
// Close panel before handling errors
[savePanel orderOut:self];
// Do what you need to do with the selected path
}
}];
}
See also "The Save Panel" in the File System Programming Guide.