Ian, Your suggestions are also good. As you might imagine, I'll be re-examining this thread in time to gather an accumulated list of extensions. I can verify that All Files (*.*) is item 4 of 4. Without JAWS running, keyboard control can select another item by pushing Down Arrow then Up Arrow. I don't know what you've tried for key commands, or whether any other JAWS user can verify that the dialog gets stuck on item 4 of 4 when JAWS is running. - Peter -----Original Message----- From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Robinson Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:48 PM To: List DBTBeta Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types Hi George, What about: *.sgm *.htm *.html *.mht *.mhtml *.xml *.prf *.asc *.ans What's rather curious is that, at the moment, JAWS announces that "All Files *.*" is the 4th item of 4, yet it is not possible to change the setting. Cheers. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: <duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 6:04 PM Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > How about......? > > DBT braille files (*.dxb; *.brf; *.bff) > DBT print files (*.dxp) > Word Documents (*.doc) > WordPerfect Files (*.wp; *.wpd; *.wp5; *.wp6) > Text Files (*.txt) > My files (*.---) Where --- comes from a user defined list > All Files (*.*) > > George. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan > > Sent: 11 June 2004 16:58 > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > > > Jan & Lissa, > > > > I'm glad to see some of the trancriber community weighing in > > on this one. > > > > Lissa isn't the only one that uses non-standard extensions. > > They are in common use in France to distinguish between > > braille files encoded as North American ASCII equivalents > > (.brf files) and braille files encoded with a French system > > (.bff files, as I recall). > > > > Lissa and I had come to an agreement some time ago that her > > non-standard extensions could be part of the "DBT can open > > these" list of extensions, assuming that she doesn't mind NBP > > trade-secret extension lists becoming public knowledge. > > > > Or what we might aim to do is to allow a local option to > > define the extension list in an external file. This, in > > combination with George's suggestion to make the "Show files > > of type" list stick to its last-selected value, could make > > everybody happy. > > > > But I'd still need to know what is the most agreeable general > > list of "File extensions that DBT can open". Perhaps I > > should take first crack at definining it. (It's just a bit > > busy today.) > > > > - Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JAN CARROLL > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:44 AM > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > > > Why would you want to use nonstandard file extensions. That > > is scarey. I > > also want the file extensions to be associated with its > > program that created it. > > > > Not sure if I am understanding this thread of extensions but > > I want to see DXP in print, DXB in braille and I want to be > > able to choose in a drop box > > All Files if i want. I believe 10.4 is already doing this. > > > > >>> lissa@xxxxxxx 6/11/2004 11:17:30 AM >>> > > No! Some of us use non-standard extensions and would hate to > > see them disappear from the File Open list. > > > > Lissa > > > > Peter Sullivan wrote: > > > > >Jack, > > > > > >The point I'm trying to get across on this thread is that it's very > > >easy to fix, but hard to define. > > > > > >At the same time, remembering the "last file extension" filter, as > > >George suggested, would mitigate the need to be exacting in the > > >definition, because users for whom the definition is overly > > restrictive > > could select "all files" > > >and rest assured that it would stay that way. > > > > > >- Peter > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >[mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Maartman > > >Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:12 AM > > >To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > > > > >Definitely. Is this the same kind of behaviour we see in > > giants, like > > >MSWord or WordPerfect. Would this be easy to fix, without rewriting > > >the entire source code. > > > > > >Regars to all > > > > > >Jack > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Ian Robinson" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >To: "List DBTBeta" <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 2:54 AM > > >Subject: [duxhelp] File Open, file types > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hi, > > >> > > >>The File Open dialogue currently shows all files. Does anyone else > > >>agree that it would be better if it only showed those file > > types that > > >>can be opened by DBT? > > >> > > >>In the event that a user does try to open, for example, a > > .xls file, > > >>no error message is displayed. The file just fails to open. > > >> > > >>Cheers. > > >> > > >>Ian > > >> > > >> > > >>* * * > > >>* This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. > > >>* To unsubscribe, send a blank message with > > >>* unsubscribe > > >>* as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. 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