problem with drag-dropping a text string

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi Peter, Mark and Jacque,

Sounds better to set all this in a dragStart handler:

on dragStart
   set the dragImage to <ID>
   [set the dragImageOffset to <point>]
   set the dragData[<type>] to <data>
end dragStart

In your case: set the dragData["text"] to Transform(the dragData 
["text"]) -- specific function

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Le 9 avr. 08 à 07:49, J. Landman Gay a écrit :
> Mark Schonewille wrote:
>> Hi Jacque,
>> I tried this. As long as you don't pass the message, it isn't too  
>> late. Perhaps this is new in 2.9.
>> I didn't try to actually set the dragData again, though. I believe  
>> it is easier to store the dragdata in a variable and use the  
>> variable from there.
>
> That's what I meant by "too late". When dragdrop fires, the drag  
> action has already completed and you can't take advantage of the  
> drop after that; all you can do is directly manipulate the text.
>
> I am sure I used to be able to set the dragdata in other drag  
> events but now in 2.9 I can't seem to make it work any more. So  
> your way may be the only way now. The problem with placing the text  
> in a field from within the script is that you lose the automatic  
> drop placement in the field; you have to calculate it. Dragdrop can  
> do that for you.
>
> I'll play with it some more. We used to be able to set the dragdata  
> but things have changed now in 2.9.
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com


Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.
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