Some while ago I reported intermittent problems when using an adaption of the jFileChooser method on Mac platform. As soon as the file choice dialog box appears on screen clicking anwhere on it causes a spinning beachball of death and Filemaker has to be crashed, which as we all know is one sure fire way to damage a file.

I wonder if you have made any progress on finding why?

FM 11.0.3 and the latest SM plugin OSX 10.6.7

// ChooseFiltered(fm_Path, fm_Message, fm_FileType, fm_Button, fm_Select)

// 11_06_02_JR WORKING

// v1.2

// fm_Path startpath for dialog

// fm_Message for dialog title

// fm_Button sets text for default 'accept' button

// fm_FileType selects file filter - p > pdf, i > images, f > fonts

// ... d > documents, x > data files, z > archives, a > all filters, null > no filters

// fm_Select is flag to set what is selected - f > files, d > dirs, null > both



if (System.getProperty("java.version").substring(0, 2) == "1." && System.getProperty("java.version").substring(2, 3).toInteger() < 6 ){

	return 'ERROR'

}



import javax.swing.JFileChooser

import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter



chooser = new JFileChooser()

if (fm_Select == "d"){

	chooser.setFileSelectionMode( JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY )

} 

if (fm_Select == "f"){

	chooser.setFileSelectionMode( JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY )

} else chooser.setFileSelectionMode( JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES )

if( fm_Path != null ) chooser.setCurrentDirectory( new File(fm_Path) )

if( fm_Message != null ) chooser.setDialogTitle( fm_Message )

//chooser.setFileHidingEnabled(false)

// sets whether or not hidden files are shown

pdf = new FileNameExtensionFilter( "PDF files", "pdf" )

img = new FileNameExtensionFilter( "Image files", "jpg", "gif", "jpeg", "png", "tif", "bmp" )

doc = new FileNameExtensionFilter( "Documents", "doc", "docx", "txt", "wri", "htm", "html", "css", "log" )

xml = new FileNameExtensionFilter( "Data files", "csv", "xls", "xlsx", "xml", "tab", "xsl" )

zip = new FileNameExtensionFilter( "Archives", "zip", "dmg", "jar", "rar" )

fnt = new FileNameExtensionFilter( "Fonts", "ttf", "otf" )

if ( fm_FileType == "i"){

	chooser.setFileFilter(img)

	}

else if ( fm_FileType == "d"){

	chooser.setFileFilter(doc)

	}

else if ( fm_FileType == "p"){

	chooser.setFileFilter(pdf)

	}

else if ( fm_FileType == "x"){

	chooser.setFileFilter(xml)

	}

else if ( fm_FileType == "z"){

	chooser.setFileFilter(zip)

	}

else if ( fm_FileType == "f"){

	chooser.setFileFilter(fnt)

	}

else if ( fm_FileType == "a"){

	chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(img)

	chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(doc)

	chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(pdf)

	chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(xml)

	chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(zip)

	chooser.addChoosableFileFilter(fnt)

	chooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(true)

	}

else if ( fm_FileType == null){

	chooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(true)

}

chooser.setApproveButtonText(fm_Button)

chooser.setApproveButtonToolTipText("Import this file")

//chooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false)

if( chooser.showOpenDialog( null ) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION ) {

	// select depending on format you require to be returned

	//return chooser.getSelectedFile().getCanonicalPath()

	return chooser.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath()

} else return false

I too get the 'beach ball of death' but (and this is the good news) I can select a file or click 'cancel' as if I had a regular mouse pointer. It is just 'weird'.... Ron Feb 2012

Make sure that you have the function in question checked as a GUI function.

I think I 'got it'.

If I set Allow User Abort [On] everything works as expected.

If I set Allow User Abort [Off] I get the spinning ball. (Unless I answer the preceeding dialog with an OK within 2 seconds)