On Jul 2, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
How do I get the path to a file that was double-clicked in the OS
(Mac, Windows, and Linux) that opens my standalone?
The association of the standalone to files with a particular
extension is set on the Mac and Windows gives the user the ability
to set up the association if I didn't set it in the registry.
I want the document files for my application to live in a particular
folder and not be anywhere on the drive. When the user double clicks
the file on the file system or as an email attachment, I want to
catch it and offer the user the ability to copy the file from where
it is to where I want it to be.
I assume getting the path will be the same for all the platforms and
I can write the copy/move routine.
Hey Bill,
Mac:
Here is some appleEvent code you should put in the message path. Since
you use the splash stack design I would put it in a library stack so
that it catches the message regardless of which stack is frontmost.
Note that you may need to check that your application has finished
loading in the appleEvent. If double-clicking on the file causes the
OS to launch your application then the appleEvent might be received
before all of your application stacks have opened.
on appleEvent pClass, pID, pSender
if pClass is "aevt" and pID is "odoc" then
request appleEvent data
put it into theFiles ## files OS is requesting your
application opens.
if theFiles is not "not found" then
if theFiles is not empty then
## DON'T PASS, CRASHES CAN OCCUR (TESTING UNDER 2.8)
else
pass appleEvent
end if
else
pass appleEvent
end if
else
pass appleEvent
end if
end appleEvent
Windows:
If your application is not running yet then the file paths will be
passed in the command line arguments - $1, $2, etc. Revolution 2.9
added $# which tells you how many command line arguments were passed
to the application so the following code will create a return
delimited list of argument passed to your application at launch. It is
up to you to verify the params are paths to one of your files.
repeat with i = 1 to $#
put value("$" & i) into theValue
put theValue & cr after theFiles
end repeat
If your application is already running then you need to handle the
'relaunch' command in the stack you use to create the executable.
Again, you should check that your application has finished loading
before doing anything as the relaunch command could be sent before
your application has completely loaded (you are using splash stack
technique).
on relaunch
repeat with theCounter = 1 to the paramcount
put param(theCounter) & cr after theFiles
end repeat
end relaunch
Linux:
No idea, sorry.
Regards,
--
Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems
ScreenSteps: http://www.screensteps.com
Developer Resources: http://revolution.bluemangolearning.com
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