Dragging folder to a field under linux adds "file://" before thefolder

[Olivier Dussutour]

Hello,
I am interested in your script, but how can you drag multiple folders 
simultaneously.
If you could help me, thank you in advance

Cordialement,
Olivier Dussutour
olivierdussutour at gmail.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthias Rebbe" <matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 2:34 AM
Subject: Dragging folder to a field under linux adds "file://" before 
thefolder


> Hi,
>
> i want to drag a folder into a field to get the path displayed.  I am 
> using the following code in the field script:
>
> ON dragEnter
>        IF there is a folder the dragdata["files"]
>    THEN
>        set the dragaction to copy
>    END IF
> END dragEnter
>
> ON dragDrop
>       set the text of me to the dragdata["files"]
> END dragDrop
>
>
> This works fine under Win and Mac OS x. The path is displayed correctly. 
> Under Linux there is "file://" added before the path.
>
> For example the path /home/matthias/desktop becomes 
> file:///home/matthias/desktop
>
> If i do not use any script in the field, the path is displayed correctly 
> without the leading "file://".
> But I need to use a field script, because my original script is doing some 
> adjustments to the path (replace backslash with slash under windows). Is 
> this Linux specific? Or am i doing something wrong?  I know i can solve 
> this with
> "replace "file://" with "" in field ...." , but i would like to know and 
> understand why "file://" is added to the path.
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthias
>
>
>
>
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