Re: Any way to Rename a File that is being Dragged before it's Dropped?

2016-01-10 Thread robmar...@frontiernet.net
>>> Is there any way to cut out this ’staging’ folder? To somehow Drag a file >>> named: ‘0012345.m4a’ from the server (mounted via AFP) directly onto the >>> Desktop, or an app like Logic, and have it Dropped with a name like: ‘aaa >>> bbb ccc ddd.m4a’? >> >> Sure — in general it’s possible to

Re: Any way to Rename a File that is being Dragged before it's Dropped?

2016-01-09 Thread robmar...@frontiernet.net
Thanks Jens, I will head that way. Rob > On Jan 9, 2016, at 7:26 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > > >> On Jan 9, 2016, at 2:08 PM, robmar...@frontiernet.net wrote: >> >> Is there any way to cut out this ’staging’ folder? To somehow Drag a file >> named: ‘0012345.m4a’ from the server (mounted via AFP)

Re: Any way to Rename a File that is being Dragged before it's Dropped?

2016-01-09 Thread Jens Alfke
> On Jan 9, 2016, at 2:08 PM, robmar...@frontiernet.net wrote: > > Is there any way to cut out this ’staging’ folder? To somehow Drag a file > named: ‘0012345.m4a’ from the server (mounted via AFP) directly onto the > Desktop, or an app like Logic, and have it Dropped with a name like: ‘aaa bbb

Any way to Rename a File that is being Dragged before it's Dropped?

2016-01-09 Thread robmar...@frontiernet.net
I’ve written a Media Management System where media files are named by ID number. Some users have asked to be able to drag files straight from the client app onto apps like Logic. The files are stored on remote network servers. The actual file name is just an ID number. The users expect files to