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on mouseUp
get folderPath1
set the itemdelimiter to "/"
put "/images/" after the last item of it
  put it into fld testing2
put it into fPath
if there is not a folder fPath then create folder fPath
  set the filetype to ""
put fld "Field_image_name" into myVar
put (fPath & myVar) into myimageVar
--to check and see if the file path exists correctly
put myimageVar into fld testing4
--everything works to this point, I have an image displayed on a card
--I have the path to that image, Now I just need to put that image into 
--the fPath so far my attempts have failed to produce a result.
--the following line produces the everything correctly but the image contents
--is zero  

put image "iData" into URL ("binfile:" & myimageVar)

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function GetFileData pPrompt, pMacType, pWinType, pTextOrBinary 
 if pPrompt is empty then put "Select a file:" into pPrompt 
 if the platform is "MacOS" then 
   answer file pPrompt of type pMacType 
  else 
   answer file pPrompt with filter pWinType 
  end if
  if it is empty then exit to top 
 set the filename of img "iData" to it
 -- test to see what the output is 
 put it into fld "var2"
 end GetFileData