Yeah, I’ve been trying to figure out how to intercept that call. Maybe from a plugin during initialization?
As you suggested, I have a splash screen that shows what datafile is being opened, along with “Open other” and “Create new” buttons. But like you said, it is not an elegant solution. Novice users don’t pay attention to what is shown in the splash screen - they just assume that the data file they double-clicked or dragged is the one that’s open. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Chip Scheide <4d_o...@pghrepository.org> wrote: > > Hint : I do not develop a VM app. > > I think that you would have to find/intercept the OS level call to 4D > to determine the (data) file that was dragged onto your application. I > do not know how you would do that. > > An annoying but possible solution: > always when opening the database ask (in a confirmation dialog) > "Do you want to continue to work with <Last data file> > or > Open a different one? > <button : Open> <Default Button : Continue> > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:57:32 -0700, Steve Slanec via 4D_Tech wrote: >> 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 >> ********************************************************************** > --------------- > 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 **********************************************************************
