Re: Dropping file on an LC standalone...

[Craig Newman via use-livecode]

Klaus.

AHA. I did, but did not see past the fact that the “$” keyword took parameters.

Craig

> On Mar 22, 2024, at 8:56 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi Craig,
> 
>> Am 22.03.2024 um 13:44 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode 
>> mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>:
>> 
>> What on earth is the “1$ special variable”?
> 
> well, 1$ sounds like a good bargain for a "special variable"! :-D
> 
> Actually it is -> $1
> Look up $ in the dictionary for further information.
> 
>> Craig
>> 
>>> On Mar 21, 2024, at 6:58 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Wow I just read that and it didn’t even make sense to me!
>>> 
>>> Basically with Windows, dragging a file onto a taskbar icon only adds the 
>>> file to the icon’s Pinned items. Dragging a file onto an open window of an 
>>> App will try and open the file in that app. If the app’s window(s) are 
>>> hidden, dragging and hovering over the app’s shortcut will cause the app to 
>>> show it’s window(s) whereupon you can drop the file onto the open window.
>>> 
>>> Bob S
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 21, 2024, at 3:46 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Does it have to be the icon? If I drag a file onto an app in the Windows 
>>> Tack Bar it does nothing, even if the file belongs to the app I am dragging 
>>> the file onto. If however I HOVER on the icon and the app is running, it 
>>> will bring the app to the front and show the frontmost window if it is 
>>> hidden.
>>> 
>>> If I drag the file onto the open Window, the app will open it. Case in 
>>> point, drag an Excel spreadsheet onto the Excel icon in the task bar. All 
>>> it will do is add a shortcut to the Excel icon for that file. But launch 
>>> Excel, open a blank spreadsheet, then drag an excel file onto the icon, 
>>> hover, then drop onto the blank Excel Spreadsheet. In THIS case it will 
>>> open the spreadsheet in a new window.
>>> 
>>> Because of this you may be able to use a Drag / Drop handler in your card 
>>> script. The caveat is that the card itself will not accept a drag/drop 
>>> action, but if you drag anything on top of an actual object, THEN the card 
>>> will get the message.
>>> 
>>> So to handle this, add an opaque rectangle the size of the card behind 
>>> everything else (if the opacity is set to 99 it will appear transparent for 
>>> all intents and purposes). The rectangle (or any other object on the card 
>>> that doesn’t have a dragDrop handler) will get the message and it will fall 
>>> through to the card where you can handle it.
>>> 
>>> This in my card script:
>>> 
>>> on dragEnter
>>> set the dragAction to "link" -- for files
>>> pass dragEnter
>>> end dragEnter
>>> 
>>> on dragDrop
>>> put the dragData into tDragData
>>> set the dragData to empty
>>> -- do something with tDragData
>>> end dragDrop
> 
> Best
> 
> Klaus
> 
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Re: Dropping file on an LC standalone...

[Klaus major-k via use-livecode]

Hi Craig,

> Am 22.03.2024 um 13:44 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode 
> :
> 
> What on earth is the “1$ special variable”?

well, 1$ sounds like a good bargain for a "special variable"! :-D

Actually it is -> $1
Look up $ in the dictionary for further information.

> Craig
> 
>> On Mar 21, 2024, at 6:58 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Wow I just read that and it didn’t even make sense to me!
>> 
>> Basically with Windows, dragging a file onto a taskbar icon only adds the 
>> file to the icon’s Pinned items. Dragging a file onto an open window of an 
>> App will try and open the file in that app. If the app’s window(s) are 
>> hidden, dragging and hovering over the app’s shortcut will cause the app to 
>> show it’s window(s) whereupon you can drop the file onto the open window.
>> 
>> Bob S
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 21, 2024, at 3:46 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Does it have to be the icon? If I drag a file onto an app in the Windows 
>> Tack Bar it does nothing, even if the file belongs to the app I am dragging 
>> the file onto. If however I HOVER on the icon and the app is running, it 
>> will bring the app to the front and show the frontmost window if it is 
>> hidden.
>> 
>> If I drag the file onto the open Window, the app will open it. Case in 
>> point, drag an Excel spreadsheet onto the Excel icon in the task bar. All it 
>> will do is add a shortcut to the Excel icon for that file. But launch Excel, 
>> open a blank spreadsheet, then drag an excel file onto the icon, hover, then 
>> drop onto the blank Excel Spreadsheet. In THIS case it will open the 
>> spreadsheet in a new window.
>> 
>> Because of this you may be able to use a Drag / Drop handler in your card 
>> script. The caveat is that the card itself will not accept a drag/drop 
>> action, but if you drag anything on top of an actual object, THEN the card 
>> will get the message.
>> 
>> So to handle this, add an opaque rectangle the size of the card behind 
>> everything else (if the opacity is set to 99 it will appear transparent for 
>> all intents and purposes). The rectangle (or any other object on the card 
>> that doesn’t have a dragDrop handler) will get the message and it will fall 
>> through to the card where you can handle it.
>> 
>> This in my card script:
>> 
>> on dragEnter
>> set the dragAction to "link" -- for files
>> pass dragEnter
>> end dragEnter
>> 
>> on dragDrop
>> put the dragData into tDragData
>> set the dragData to empty
>> -- do something with tDragData
>> end dragDrop

Best

Klaus

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Re: Dropping file on an LC standalone...

[Craig Newman via use-livecode]

What on earth is the “1$ special variable”?

Craig

> On Mar 21, 2024, at 6:58 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Wow I just read that and it didn’t even make sense to me!
> 
> Basically with Windows, dragging a file onto a taskbar icon only adds the 
> file to the icon’s Pinned items. Dragging a file onto an open window of an 
> App will try and open the file in that app. If the app’s window(s) are 
> hidden, dragging and hovering over the app’s shortcut will cause the app to 
> show it’s window(s) whereupon you can drop the file onto the open window.
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
> On Mar 21, 2024, at 3:46 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Does it have to be the icon? If I drag a file onto an app in the Windows Tack 
> Bar it does nothing, even if the file belongs to the app I am dragging the 
> file onto. If however I HOVER on the icon and the app is running, it will 
> bring the app to the front and show the frontmost window if it is hidden.
> 
> If I drag the file onto the open Window, the app will open it. Case in point, 
> drag an Excel spreadsheet onto the Excel icon in the task bar. All it will do 
> is add a shortcut to the Excel icon for that file. But launch Excel, open a 
> blank spreadsheet, then drag an excel file onto the icon, hover, then drop 
> onto the blank Excel Spreadsheet. In THIS case it will open the spreadsheet 
> in a new window.
> 
> Because of this you may be able to use a Drag / Drop handler in your card 
> script. The caveat is that the card itself will not accept a drag/drop 
> action, but if you drag anything on top of an actual object, THEN the card 
> will get the message.
> 
> So to handle this, add an opaque rectangle the size of the card behind 
> everything else (if the opacity is set to 99 it will appear transparent for 
> all intents and purposes). The rectangle (or any other object on the card 
> that doesn’t have a dragDrop handler) will get the message and it will fall 
> through to the card where you can handle it.
> 
> This in my card script:
> 
> on dragEnter
>  set the dragAction to "link" -- for files
>  pass dragEnter
> end dragEnter
> 
> on dragDrop
>  put the dragData into tDragData
>  set the dragData to empty
>  -- do something with tDragData
> end dragDrop
> 
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