[Lazarus] DefaultExt and Filter priority.

[Zaher Dirkey]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Mattias Gaertner <
nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:29:34 +0300
> Zaher Dirkey <parmaja at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Lazarus team,
> >
> > I know it is not Delphi compatibility.
> >
> > In OpenDialogs or SaveDialog if i set DefaultExt value and execute, and
> > type file name without an extension, the file name return with the
> > extension from the first extension in the filter.
> >
> > 1 - DefaultExt not work until filter is empty
> > 2 - DefaultExt is nonsense if the Filter is set
> >
> > Most programmers set the filter except the newbie ones, then mostly
> > DefaultExt is nonsense.
> >
> > My problem is my project collect the filter from the plugins, i can't
> sort
> > it manually to put the default extension to the first, DefaultExt come
> not
> > useful for me.
>
> How does the user of your application know the default
> extension?
>
> Mattias
>
>
For example, my project is an editor for multitype files, PAS, LFM, SQL
now the default is PAS and it is the first extension, not problem
the user open SQL file, now he make SaveAs and type new name without
extension, here the dialog return it as PAS extension.

Best Regards
Zaher Dirkey
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