Specifies whether LiveCode uses old-style file dialog box or Navigation Services file dialog box on Mac OS.
# Metadata
Platforms: desktop, server OS: Introduced: 1.0 Security:
# Syntax
set the dontUseNS to {true | false}
# Examples
set the dontUseNS to true
set the dontUseNS to not the hilited of button "Navigation Services"
# Description
Use the dontUseNS property to change the behavior and appearance of file dialog box.
On Mac OS systems with Navigation Services installed, applications can use a new implementation of the standard file dialog boxes. Navigation Services dialogs have a title bar and are movable. By default, LiveCode supports Navigation Services and uses the new dialog boxes. To disable this feature and use the old-style modal dialog boxes for file actions, set the dontUseNS property to true.
The setting of this property affects all file dialog boxes used in LiveCode, including the dialogs displayed by the ask file, answer file, and answer folder commands, as well as dialog box displayed by menu items such as "Save" and "Open Stack".
>*Warning:* Navigation Services version 1.1.2 is part of Mac OS > version 8.6 and later. Earlier versions may optionally be installed on > systems with Mac OS versions 8.1 and 8.5. Versions of Navigation > Services earlier than 1.1.2 may not display > file dialog box correctly in LiveCode.
# Tags
# See
- **command:** ask file, ask file with type, answer file, answer folder - **glossary:** property, menu item, command, file dialog box, appearance, Mac OS, dialog box, behavior