Hi Chip Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately no luck.
When I launch my app by dragging a datafile on top of the app icon, in On Startup I call GET PASTEBOARD DATA and Get text from pasteboard, but both of those just return the last copied text from the previous app. I also tried calling Get file from pasteboard, but it returns an empty string. Any other ideas? This has to be an issue for other people developing vertical market apps... - S > On Jun 29, 2017, at 12:44 PM, Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org> wrote: > > I do not know that this would work... > but when you drag n drop a file form the finder the path is placed on > the clipboard. > > maybe, during startup see if the clipboard contains a valid path, if so > then use Open Data file to open that file. > Chip > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:23:42 -0700, Steve Slanec via 4D_Tech wrote: >> Hi Keisuke - >> >> Thanks for your response. I have looked at that feature, and I can >> see how it is useful for the first time my app is launched. In fact, >> I already built that mechanism into my app by setting the >> DataFilePath key in the XML build file to a dummy datafile embedded >> within the application package. I think it does the same thing as >> this new “Default Data” mechanism, no? In any case, I don’t >> understand how it solves the problem once my app has opened a valid >> datafile, has quit, and is relaunched. >> >> I suppose I could blow away the lastDataFile.xml file each time I >> quit my app, causing it to open the default data file upon next >> launch. But that does not solve my problem, which is that 4D still >> does not know the user launched my app with a specific datafile in >> mind (by either double clicking on the datafile or dragging the >> datafile on top of my app icon). >> >> Am I still missing something? >> >> - Steve >> >> >>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:00 AM, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech >>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >>> >>> you really need to use the "Default Data" mechanism >>> >>> > http://doc.4d.com/4Dv15/4D/15/Default-data-file-in-merged-applications.300-2018649.en.html >>> >>>> 2017/06/29 17:28、Steve Slanec via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> の >>>> メール： >>>> What are other people doing to work around this? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ********************************************************************** >>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >>> ********************************************************************** >> >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >> ********************************************************************** > --------------- > Gas is for washing parts > Alcohol is for drinkin' > Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
