Drag and Drop Question

[Trevor DeVore]

Hi,

I want to create a drag and drop behavior between two objects in a Rev 
app.  When the user clicks on one object I want some visual feedback 
that they have started a drag and drop operation.  In this case I would 
like to have a floating palette that follows the mouse around until the 
user drops.  I would also like to use the built in drag and drop 
behavior which allows you to set the dragData on mouseDown so that 
objects receive the dragEnter/dragLeave/dragDrop messages.  These 
messages allow me to hilite objects that will accept the drop.

So the problem I'm encountering is as follows.  It seems that once a 
drag and drop operation begins messages are no longer sent (except 
dragEnter/dragLeave/etc.) in the app until the operation is complete.  
This makes it rather difficult to script a palette that follows the 
mouse around.  I did a simple test to confirm this.  I made a stack 
with a handler which puts new text into a field every 1/2 second.  When 
I start a drag and drop operation the field text is not updated until 
the drag drop operation has completed.  Is this just the way drag and 
drop is or am I missing something here?

Thanks,

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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
trevor at mangomultimedia.com