Mac drop file on standalone, process, and quit

[ilsa]

Thanks, but it still doesn't work. Do I have to enable "dropability"
somewhere, or enter some special standalone settings?

Thanks,

ilsa

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:24 AM, J. Landman Gay
<jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
> On 2/23/12 10:55 PM, ilsa wrote:
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> Thanks. I was trying the below in my stack script, which I got from a
>> Jacquie message on the list:
>>
>> global gFP
>>
>> on appleEvent pClass, pID
>>    if pClass is "aevt" and pID is "odoc" then
>>      -- the file path is in the appleEvent data
>>      request appleEvent data
>>      put it into gFP
>>      -- open the file here
>>      put gFP into field "gFP" of card 1
>>    else
>>      pass appleEvent
>>    end if
>> end appleEvent
>>
>> But the standalone I build doesn't respond, and the field doesn't get
>> populated.
>
>
> I don't remember posting that, but I could have, it's a common handler that
> is used by a lot of people. I don't think you need the global variable
> though.
>
> The handler should work, you should see a file path appear in the field
> named "gFP" when you drop a file onto the app icon in the Dock or in the
> Finder. (It won't work if you are dropping files onto the open stack
> window.)
>
> You could add a temporary answer dialog to the "else" clause that would tell
> you if the event is being passed instead of handled. Or add an answer dialog
> before the "if" to see if the handler is running at all.
>
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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