Difference between revisions of "File Save Dialog AutoExtensionHandling"

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   !resulting file name
 
   !resulting file name
 
   !resulting file type
 
   !resulting file type
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  !note
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc"
 
   |"mydoc"
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc."
 
   |"mydoc."
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc. "
 
   |"mydoc. "
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.odt"
 
   |"mydoc.odt"
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.doc"
 
   |"mydoc.doc"
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   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |resulting file type has "alien" extension!
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.txt"
 
   |"mydoc.txt"
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   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.txt
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.txt
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |same thing. works with any valid extension, even non-text document ones!
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.myext"
 
   |"mydoc.myext"
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.myext.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.myext.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.odt."
 
   |"mydoc.odt."
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.doc..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.doc..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
|-bgcolor="#a4cef0"
+
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.doc."
 
   |"mydoc.doc."
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt..odt
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|OpenDocument Text
 +
  |
 
  |-bgcolor="#a4cef0"
 
  |-bgcolor="#a4cef0"
   | || || ||
+
   !user input
 +
  !file type selected
 +
  !resulting file name
 +
  !resulting file type
 +
  !note
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc"
 
   |"mydoc"
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc."
 
   |"mydoc."
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc. "
 
   |"mydoc. "
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc..doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.odt"
 
   |"mydoc.odt"
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   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.odt
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |resulting file type has "alien" extension!
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.doc"
 
   |"mydoc.doc"
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.txt"
 
   |"mydoc.txt"
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   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.txt
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|mydoc.txt
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |resulting file type has "alien" extension!
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.myext"
 
   |"mydoc.myext"
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.myext.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.myext.doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.odt."
 
   |"mydoc.odt."
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   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt..doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.odt..doc
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
 +
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
   |"mydoc.doc."
 
   |"mydoc.doc."
 
   |Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc)
 
   |Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc)
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|mydoc.doc
+
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|n/a
   |bgcolor="#8dff1a"|Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
+
   |bgcolor="#fc5b5b"|n/a
 +
  |No file saved at all!
 
|}
 
|}
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[[Category:User Experience]]

Latest revision as of 17:41, 8 March 2010

Currently (as of OOo 2.2 / SO8U6) the behavior of the File-Save dialog is as follows - assuming that the Option "Automatic file name extension" is ON (= default).

WinXP, using system File-Save dialog

user input file type selected resulting file name resulting file type note
"mydoc" OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc.odt OpenDocument Text
"mydoc." OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc..odt OpenDocument Text
"mydoc. " OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc..odt OpenDocument Text
"mydoc.odt" OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc.odt OpenDocument Text
"mydoc.doc" OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc.doc OpenDocument Text resulting file type has "alien" extension!
"mydoc.txt" OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc.txt OpenDocument Text same thing. works with any valid extension, even non-text document ones!
"mydoc.myext" OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc.myext.odt OpenDocument Text
"mydoc.odt." OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc.doc..odt OpenDocument Text
"mydoc.doc." OpenDocument Text (.odt) mydoc.odt..odt OpenDocument Text
user input file type selected resulting file name resulting file type note
"mydoc" Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc.doc Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
"mydoc." Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc..doc Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
"mydoc. " Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc..doc Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
"mydoc.odt" Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc.odt Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP resulting file type has "alien" extension!
"mydoc.doc" Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc.doc Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
"mydoc.txt" Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc.txt Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP resulting file type has "alien" extension!
"mydoc.myext" Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc.myext.doc Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
"mydoc.odt." Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) mydoc.odt..doc Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP
"mydoc.doc." Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) n/a n/a No file saved at all!
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