Thanks, but it still doesn't work. Do I have to enable "dropability" somewhere, or enter some special standalone settings?
Thanks, ilsa On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:24 AM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > On 2/23/12 10:55 PM, ilsa wrote: >> >> Hi: >> >> Thanks. I was trying the below in my stack script, which I got from a >> Jacquie message on the list: >> >> global gFP >> >> on appleEvent pClass, pID >> if pClass is "aevt" and pID is "odoc" then >> -- the file path is in the appleEvent data >> request appleEvent data >> put it into gFP >> -- open the file here >> put gFP into field "gFP" of card 1 >> else >> pass appleEvent >> end if >> end appleEvent >> >> But the standalone I build doesn't respond, and the field doesn't get >> populated. > > > I don't remember posting that, but I could have, it's a common handler that > is used by a lot of people. I don't think you need the global variable > though. > > The handler should work, you should see a file path appear in the field > named "gFP" when you drop a file onto the app icon in the Dock or in the > Finder. (It won't work if you are dropping files onto the open stack > window.) > > You could add a temporary answer dialog to the "else" clause that would tell > you if the event is being passed instead of handled. Or add an answer dialog > before the "if" to see if the handler is running at all. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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