Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files

2001-11-30 Thread Alex Shaw
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:49:30 + >Subject: Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files >From: Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >on 29/11/01 2:40 AM, Alex Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >

Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files

2001-11-29 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 5:49 AM -0800 11/29/2001, Ben Rubinstein wrote: >PS - Jeanne, are you reading this? I couldn't find any docs in Rev about >how to read environment variables - and I guess also that this (how to make >an app respond to files dropped or launched; on all platforms; including how >to set file affi

Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files

2001-11-29 Thread Ben Rubinstein
on 29/11/01 2:40 AM, Alex Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For windows.. it is easy .. compile your exe > > Dropped files are accessed via the global variables $0 - app name/path; $1 > - dropped file 1; etc > (see Help - Concepts & Techniques - The Outside World) > > So to access the full pat

Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files

2001-11-28 Thread Alex Shaw
> > -Original Message- > > From: Ben Rubinstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: mercredi 28 novembre 2001 13:45 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Metacard] Desktop Drag&Drop files > > > > > > on 27/11/01 6:09 AM, Ale

RE: [Metacard] Desktop Drag&Drop files

2001-11-28 Thread xbury . cs
t: Re: [Metacard] Desktop Drag&Drop files > > > on 27/11/01 6:09 AM, Alex Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > -Simple executable app (or its alias/shortcut) which sits > on the desktop. > > -User can drag & drop random files onto the app. > > -A

Re: [Metacard] Desktop Drag&Drop files

2001-11-28 Thread Ben Rubinstein
on 27/11/01 6:09 AM, Alex Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Simple executable app (or its alias/shortcut) which sits on the desktop. > -User can drag & drop random files onto the app. > -App processes files. > > I can easily access the list thru the environment variable names $0 $1 $2 > etc on

[Metacard] Desktop Drag&Drop files

2001-11-26 Thread Alex Shaw
Hi, what.. -Simple executable app (or its alias/shortcut) which sits on the desktop. -User can drag & drop random files onto the app. -App processes files. I can easily access the list thru the environment variable names $0 $1 $2 etc on the pc but the same app on the mac returns empty variables