Help - hide ineligible file types in open file dialogue box

Hi all - I just got my first Mac, and and having considerable difficulty figuring out the following the problem. When you try to open a file from any application, you can select which files can be opened by the "enable" drop box - ineligible file types are then greyed out.
Question: how can I make ineligible file types invisible (like on a PC)? Thanks in advance!
NB. this might appear trivial to some people, but I work with lots of data and 1000s of files per folder, and have found myself spending at times 5-10 minutes looking for 1 file in 1 folder, just because I have to browse through so many ineligible file types.

vinvanveen wrote:
+That's impossible, sorry.+
Is that seriously impossible? That sounds ridiculously incompetent on Apple's part. I will have no option but to go back to a PC, because this is too much of a drag on my productivity.
PCs are fine. If they fit your requirements better than Leopard, do use them. But don't grep about it. It's a big tent. I regularly use my PCs for things that Macs cannot do. But I never consider anything "ridiculous" on anyone's part. Not every OS is well-suited to every task. Use the one that works best but do not call another OS "incompetent" simply because you think something is missing. I would say that properly vetting a new OS before moving to it is an "incompetent" move.
Did you really use due diligence before getting a Mac? Didn't you check everything out beforehand?
I did. I got exactly that which I expected.
Do not blame someone else for things that they do not claim to have. Sometimes the blame lies elsewhere.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

Similar Messages

Flash Builder 4.7 + OSX 10.10 Yosemite + File Dialogue Box = CRASH :-(

Problem Description:
When attempting to use a Flash Builder File Dialogue Box under OSX 10.10 Yosemite will immediately crash the application. This bug essentially now renders Flash Builder 100% useless!
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Flash Builder 4.7 on OSX 10.10 Yosemite
2. Attempt to use any File Dialogue Box, such as "Browse.." etc
Actual Result:
The application immediately crashes.
Expected Result:
You should be able to conduct the action, such as loading a Flex Project, adding an SDK etc.
Any Workarounds:
None

LOL
anyways, I've attempted to update the java symlink to move back to java 1.6 to see if that works.
java -version should report something like "java 1.7.0_xxx" for yosemite
sudo rm /usr/bin/java (remove our current java symlink to 1.7.x)
sudo ln -s /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Commands/java /usr/bin/java (sets up the new symlink)
java -version should now report something like "java 1.6.0_xx"
Done.
Open file-dialog chooser in FB. Still explodes.

Dark grey bar obscuring part of export file dialogue box

Hi All,
I've recently noticed that when I export a picture and the save as file dialogue box opens a black or dark grey horizontal rectangle obscures part of the window and the files/folders in it as shown here:
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6176/screenshot20091125at180.png
and
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6176/screenshot20091125at180.png
I can usually work around it but it's a bit irritating. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?
Cheers,
Dave.

Dave
have you tried the basics yet? I think deleting preferences would be the place to start.
This link is to some Aperture trouble shooting basics including deleting the preferences file.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2945
let us know whether this works.
Tony

Select File Dialogue Box in CC doesn't have data sources option

I am trying to use Dreamweaver to create dynamic links in my database. The select file dialogue box no longer lets me choose server side data sources. Does any one else know how to use this function in CC?

http://www.dmxzone.com/go/21842/enable-server-behaviors-and-data-bindings-panel-support-fo r-dreamweaver-cc/

How to get Open/Save Dialogue box

Hi,
I need to get open/save dialogue box while downloading a file (from JSP).
One way which I am currently using is on click of the button pass control to servlet and in servlet using the following code:
/**.....Some Code */
response.setContentType("application/csv");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + filename);
/**.....Some Code */But I am wondering is there any way I can do the same without passing the control to Servlet? On clicking the button in JSP, is there is any possibilty to get the Open/Save dialogue box directly.
Thanks
Arun

without passing the control to Servlet?Why?
In HTTP you can send the response only once.The application where i have this requirement is an old one. In the application, I have there are some screens, whose control never goes to Servlet.
TO be more precise, 2 pages one HTML and another JSP. And the file to be downloaded is created when JSP is called from HTML page. And there is no interaction with Servlet. The JSP inturn calls a method in Java file (which is not a Servlet) and gets all the details including the file to be downloaded.
I have used window.open() to download the file(in JSP) in order to have Open/Save dialogue box.
But the approach is working fine in Windows XP systems but not in Windows2000. In Win00 machines it is directly opening the file in popup without giving the user any option for Open/Save.
Please let me know your suggestion on this.
Thanks

Open save dialogue box wehn run servlet program

hi,
i m having one servlet file(Write_File.java).. in this prog i retrive some data form one table and write into one file(c:\\write.be).. its automatically stored tat file in server machine.. now what my issue is when i run Write_File.java, it sholud have to shows save dialogue box..
file name : Write_File.java
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class Write_File extends HttpServlet
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
          PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
          //boolean header = true;
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("c:\\write.be");
          try
               Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
               Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/cha_db","root","user");
               Statement stat = con.createStatement();
               ResultSet rs = stat.executeQuery("Select * from acc_ledger");
               ResultSetMetaData rs_meta = rs.getMetaData();
                    out.println(rs_meta.getColumnName(1)+"\t"+rs_meta.getColumnName(2));
                    fos.write((rs_meta.getColumnName(1)+"\t\t"+rs_meta.getColumnName(2)+"\r\n").getBytes());
                    fos.write(("--------------\t\t--------------\r\n").getBytes());
               while(rs.next())
                    fos.write((rs.getString(2)+"\t\t"+rs.getString(3)+"\r\n").getBytes());
               fos.write(("========\t\t========\r\n").getBytes());
          catch(Exception e)
               out.println(e);
          fos.flush();
          fos.close();
pls solve this problem
by
senthilkumar
thnks in advance
Edited by: vishruta on Nov 16, 2007 3:02 AM

without passing the control to Servlet?Why?
In HTTP you can send the response only once.The application where i have this requirement is an old one. In the application, I have there are some screens, whose control never goes to Servlet.
TO be more precise, 2 pages one HTML and another JSP. And the file to be downloaded is created when JSP is called from HTML page. And there is no interaction with Servlet. The JSP inturn calls a method in Java file (which is not a Servlet) and gets all the details including the file to be downloaded.
I have used window.open() to download the file(in JSP) in order to have Open/Save dialogue box.
But the approach is working fine in Windows XP systems but not in Windows2000. In Win00 machines it is directly opening the file in popup without giving the user any option for Open/Save.
Please let me know your suggestion on this.
Thanks

Can't tab into file list when using column view in the open/save dialogue boxes

Hi,
When in Open/Save Dialog Boxes I can't use tab to select the file/folder list in Column View. Tab will only cycle through Save As, Tags, Search, and the Sidebar. In all the other views (Icon, List, Cover) I can tab into the file list. Is this a bug?
I know that enabling Full Keyboard Access will make this work, but I'd rather not do that since it increases the number of buttons you must tab through to get to the file list.
I'm using the latest version of Yosemite on a 2014 Macbook Air. Thanks.

Hi,
Did you found the solution to this? I'm also trying to do something like you , but I got stuck up in a very primitive stage than you. I'm not getting how I can make that File Download window to appear. Can you help me please.
Thanks.

Photoshop Action Question How to Avoid Replace Files Dialogue Box

I have Photoshop CS3 running on a Macintosh. This Photoshop action on this Mac opens PDFs and saves them as a JPEG to a folder on a server.
Sometimes the originating file will be modfied, so a new PDF will be created and have to go through the action again. The intent is for the action to overwrite the preexisting JPEG file(s) on the server, because they are out of date and must be replaced.
The photoshop action on the Mac converts the new PDF to a JPEG, but then stops and shows a "Replace Files" dialgue box, which displays a listing of the name(s) of the JPEG(s) that will be overwritten. The dialogue box reads "Some of the specified files already exist in the target location. The files marked will be replaced." Below that message are two buttons to choose from, "Cancel" and "Replace". I always click "Replace"
Is there a way to get the the action, (which specifically reads, "With Save Image Files" on the part of the action where it saves the jpg), to just go ahead and overwrite the existing JPEG file(s) on the server without presenting the dialogue box?

I can’t test on CS3, but I think the affected features should not have changes since CS3.
Anyway, I think an Action cannot perform what you want, a Script should be able to, though.
You could adapt the following code by changing the variable docPath to the correct path of the Folder you want to save the jpgs into.
If you want to give it a try, paste the following text into a new file in ExtendScript Toolkit (part of Photoshop’s installation, Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/ExtendScript Toolkit CS3, I guess) and save it as a jsx-file into Photoshop’s Presets/Scripts-folder.
After restarting Photoshop the Script should be available under File > Scripts and can be assigned a Keyboard Shortcut directly, recorded into an Action or started from ExtendScript Toolkit directly.
// saves jpg into same folder;
// be advised: this overwrites existing jpgs of the same name without prompting.
// 2010, use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var thedoc = app.activeDocument;
// getting the name and location;
var docName = thedoc.name;
if (docName.indexOf(".") != -1) {var basename = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1]}
else {var basename = docName};
// getting the location, if unsaved save to desktop;
try {var docPath = thedoc.path}
catch (e) {var docPath = "~/Desktop"};
// jpg options;
var jpegOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpegOptions.quality = 9;
jpegOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
jpegOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
//save jpg as a copy:
thedoc.saveAs((new File(docPath+"/"+basename+".jpg")),jpegOptions,true);
//that’s it; thanks to xbytor;

Render using LR or open anyway dialogue box missing

I have LR5.3 and PS CS6 everything is currently up to date.
Up till today I would do my basic edits in LR then right click>edit in> edit in adobe photoshop CS6 and a dialogue box would open up asking me 'Render using lightroom' 'open anyway' then it would open in PS CS6 as a .psd file where I could then edit more dramatically, go to file>save and the changes would then show back up in LR5
For some reason today none of this is happening, I do my basic edits, same proceedure to open in PS CS6 and no dialogue box opens the file just opens straight into PS as a .NEF file.

Thanks so much for responding Geoff.
My files won't open in photoshop as .psd anymore though? I will have to do save as and select .psd otherwise it will override the original raw file? I just want to make sure so I don't do soemthing I shouldn't. I also won't have multiple stacked images in LR either?

After ff update 3.6.15 - the Open & Print dialogue boxes vanish - am unable to use them osx 10.6.6 ff 3.6.15

The dialogue box for navigating and making choices vanish seconds after appearing when attempting to open files or print pages:
happens with mouse navigation; happens with keyboard commands
File > Open File, or File > Print
only has happened since update to 3.6.15
running osx 10.6.6
add-ons: web developer 1.1.9; Xmarks 3.9.5; Screengrab 0.96.3
default theme
plugins: below

It appears that "Ask" was the culprit although it had been working until the latest update. I guess I'll leave it out until the next issue and see if this issue is resolved. Thanks.

Unable to open firefox, dialogue box says program already open but not as far as I can see.

Recently when I log on to my pc and try to open Firefox, a dialogue box appears and tells me something like - firefox is already open, close firefox and try again. As I haven't opened firefox, I don't know what the dialogue box means. I went into task manager and the firefox program was not shown as open. I clicked the processes tab and deleted firefox from the list. I use Firefox 4 b9, this also happened when I had 4 b7. I uninstalled the former but no change. I reset system to earlier date, ran a virus check but all ok. I downloaded Firefox 3.6, then followed the upgrade for 4 b9 and all was ok until I was using my media player 2 days ago and tried to watch BBCiPlayer at the same time which is when the problem arose again. Also Firefox extremely slow to open. I managed to get online this time by going into History and clicking a website I used some time ago before all the above happened.

I am using IE to post this message on Firefox.
It has happened again. At 23:05 (UK time) I openedFirefox on the firefox site not IE. I opened my btinternet.com email account but at 23:41 the tab had not opened fully and still trying to load. I closed firefox and tried to open it again and here are the correct details of the dialogue box which appeared.
' (?) Firefox is already running. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox proces, or restart your system'.
I cannon do a restart at present as the tv part of my pc is recording a movie so I will try again later.
Anyone out there that can help us please? Thank you.

How to change open file dialogue box date format

Hi - I can't find how to change the date format whenever I open any creative suite document - my system preferences are set to dd/mm/yy and every other application shows this date except for CS4 it shows mm/dd/yy. Can anyone help please. Much appreciated.

Hi, I'm having the same problem with the date format - all Creative Suite 'open' menu items are showing US format mm/dd/yyyy rather than UK format dd/mm/yyyy... although everything else on my system is set for UK format and all other programs open properly. The strange thing is: I'm sure this has only just happened after years of using Creative Suite... I'm sure I would have noticed it before. I'm on CS3 so haven't had any recent updates that might have affected it.

ITunes crashes while opening a dialogue box

When I had disabled all the non microsoft services, iTunes worked perfectly but as soon as I enabled Apple Mobile Service, iPod Service and Bonjour Service, it started crashing. This also causes crash into other applications like Google Chrome, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.
I found this listed in Microsoft Event Viewer's error log.
Faulting application name: iTunes.exe, version: 11.1.0.126, time stamp: 0x52394b24
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000
Faulting process id: 0xe14
Faulting application start time: 0x01cedfc5670c8f41
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 3fe14276-4bb9-11e3-bf3d-f07bcbcfb70c
Please help me out.

Hello akz152
Start with the article below to troubleshoot iTunes on your computer. Let me know if that helps or need more assistance.
iTunes for Windows XP: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1421
Regards,
-Norm G.

Browser can't find a text file opened via the save as dialogue box

Hi there,
I have a servlet which outputs a file using the servlet output stream, with the following lines set:
response.setContentType("application/msword");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachement; filename="+ fileName);
servletOutStream.write(myBytes);
servletOutStream.flush();
It works fine for .doc files and it seems the mechanism is that it is saved to the Temporary Internet Folder and delivered from there when the user clicks on the 'open' or 'save' option in the browser popup dialogue box. However... when I try this with text files, (setting the content type to "text/plain") I get the open/save dialogue box up correctly but if I try to open the file it says it cannot find the file, and gives the path under the Temporary Interenet Folder. If I look in there the text file isn't present - though the .doc files are.
So... it looks as if the problem is that for some reason it doesn't save the text files correctly to the Temporary Internet Folder.
I can't deliver the text files inline as a solution as the filename is lost and it thinks it's an html file (which the client doesn't want).
Any ideas?
Alison

At least also set the content length. Your browser may be configured be the default application to open textfiles. If the contentlength is not set, then most applications would refuse to open the file without choosing for 'Save' first and manually open it.

Open file dialogue hangs with extension panels

Hi. I have PS CS5 64 bit running on a PC, Win 7.
Everything has been working fine but I have recently installed two new extension panels - Fundy Image Brander and Tych Panel. When either of these scripts require you to input a file to open via the Open File dialogue box, everything hangs for 2-3 minutes. The mouse and keyboard do not lock and you can open up other windows which work fine. The open file dialogue just hangs (not just on selecting an individual image but selecting a drive or folder). If you call up the Task Manager and End Photoshop as a task a dialogue box pops up with the mesage "The system cannot end this program because it is waiting for a response from you."
Photoshop otherwise works well. It's just when the extension panel requires you to input a file to open. Has anyone else encountered this problem or has any ideas?

Hi. Both are extension panels. Fundy Image Brander is a paid for extension (http://www.fundysoftware.com/image-brander/) and the other a free extension (http://lumens.se/tychpanel/).
I have seven extension panels running and these are the only two that require the user to set file input locations.
Photoshop otherwise works just fine and I have no problems opening files. Other Windows programs also run without any problems. It's just these two that hang when the select or open file dialogue appears.
And no I haven't contacted the producers.

Help - hide ineligible file types in open file dialogue box

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for