I am trying to get the path of an item dropped onto a view by iTunes. iTunes seems to only do this with NSFilesPromisePboardType. Maybe I am wrong, though.
--Nick On Jan 8, 2010, at 11:33 PM, Jim Correia wrote: > On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:24 PM, Nick Paulson wrote: > >> I am doing the following code: >> >> NSArray *filenames = [sender namesOfPromisedFilesDroppedAtDestination:[NSURL >> fileURLWithPath:@"/"]]; >> >> However, it is getting the following lines in console: >> Couldn't get a copy of an HFS Promise from the pasteboard >> Looked for HFSPromises on the pasteboard, but found none. >> >> I am dragging from iTunes in list view to my own view. >> >> Am I making a mistake somewhere? > > A couple of things to keep in mind here… > > * See the comment in the documentation about having to assume the files > haven’t been created yet? You have to assume that, and it can complicate > things. (I’ve logged a lengthy bug requesting ways to simplify file promise > dragging, but the problem is complex because it requires system framework > support *and* the cooperation of applications doing the dragging.) > > * You specified the drop location as /. Not all users have write permissions > to the root of the disk, and it is unlikely that you really wanted iTunes to > create the files here anyway. > > Ultimately, it appears that iTunes is putting bad promise data in the drag. > At this point it is probably best to file a bug against iTunes. > > What is it you are actually trying to accomplish? Perhaps there is another > solution. > > Jim_______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/cocoa%40nickpaulson.com > > This email sent to co...@nickpaulson.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
