** Get selected files of the file manager (without user interaction like dragDrop) **
(I write the following such that also beginners can read it.) +++++++++++++++++++++++ [a] Solution for MacOS (tested to work on MacOS 10.14): (a1) Put the following in a field "myScript". # Full path of selected items in Finder. tell application "Finder" set finderSelList to selection as alias list end tell if finderSelList ≠ {} then repeat with i in finderSelList set contents of i to POSIX path of (contents of i) end repeat set AppleScript's text item delimiters to linefeed finderSelList as text end if (a2) Script a button and create a field "OUT". on mouseUp do fld "myScript" as applescript put char 2 to -2 of the result into r put r into fld "OUT" end mouseUp You'll get from the top-layered finder window lines with the full file names. (a3) Credits. https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/getting-the-path-of-currently-selected-file-in-finder/1507 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ [b] Solution for Windows (tested to work on Win 7+10): (b1) Save the following to a file "wscript1.js" in your stacks folder. var shellWindows = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application").Windows(); for (var i = 0; i < shellWindows.Count; i++) { var w = shellWindows.Item(i); WScript.StdOut.WriteLine(w.LocationName); var sel = w.Document.SelectedItems(); for (var j = 0; j < sel.Count; j++) { var item = sel.Item(j); WScript.StdOut.WriteLine(item.Name); WScript.StdOut.WriteLine(item.Path); } } (b2) Script a button and create a field "OUT". on mouseUp put the effective filename of this stack into p set itemdel to slash put "wscript1.js" into last item of p put shell("wscript "&p) into fld "OUT" end mouseUp You'll get for each explorer window its name and, for each selected file in that, the short file name followed in the next line by the long file name. (b3) Credits. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/?p=4593 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ [c] Solution for linux: Linux nerds of the use-list, please complete here (at least for ubuntu 1604) ... _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode