DragDrop bug in WinXP?

[J. Landman Gay]

Chipp Walters wrote:
> Can anyone verify this simple but strange bug with dragDrop and WinXP? Thanks!
> 
> put in msg box:
> go url "http://www.gadgetplugins.com/chippstuff/DragDropBug.rev"
> 
> 
> Here's the problem as presented in the above stack:
> Create a stack and add a field. Set the script of the field to:
> 
> on dragEnter
>   set the acceptDrop to true
> end dragEnter
> 
> on dragDrop
>   put the dragData["files"] into me
> end dragDrop
> 
> Now, dragdrop some files/folders and everything works fine. But try
> dragDropping 'My Documents' folder and it doesn't work. Any ideas?

I didn't test on Windows, but on a Mac it just puts the folder path into 
the field. This seems correct to me, since folders aren't files. I'd 
test to see if there is a folder with that path, and if so, extend the 
script to get the files and put them into the field.

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