MuShoo

OK, let's see if I can explain this well.

I've set up an autonaming scheme for files recorded out of my patch - you choose a folder with a dialog (once), and then sprintf formats the date and time into a filename (with an extension), as well as shoves it at the end of the path given by the dialog box when choosing a folder.

Here's the problem. My sprintf output generally looks like this:

"set Bonk:/Invigorator/Autonamed/7282008_15520.aif aiff"(it's setting a message box that gets triggered when you hit 'record')

Which works fine. However, if there's a space in the path, anywhere, such as:

Macintosh HD:/Invigorator/Autonamed/7282008_15520.aif

Bonk:/Invigorator/Autonamed Things/7282008_15520.aif

It won't record, as SFrecord thinks there's too many arguments (it interprets "Macintosh" as the first statement, instead of the whole path)

Any thoughts on how to fix this, or am I going to just have to avoid paths with spaces?

Here's the problem.  My sprintf output generally looks like this:

Macintosh HD:/Invigorator/Autonamed/7282008_15520.aif
or
Bonk:/Invigorator/Autonamed Things/7282008_15520.aif

Any thoughts on how to fix this, or am I going to just have to avoid paths with spaces?


sfrecord-and-autonaming

OK, ignore this, I figured it out. Had to put " around the pathname! Duhhhh.

OK, ignore this, I figured it out. Had to put " around the pathname!  Duhhhh.


run your path through a [tosymbol] object, this will add quotes if 

run your path through a [tosymbol] object, this will add quotes if  
necessary.

> OK, ignore this, I figured it out. Had to put " around the pathname! Duhhhh.

or the symout argument so sprintf outputs a symbol:

mushoo wrote:
> OK, ignore this, I figured it out. Had to put " around the pathname!  Duhhhh.
>

[sprintf symout yourpath]
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[prepend set]

SFrecord and Autonaming