Mac drop file on standalone, process, and quit

[ilsa]

To follow up, by putting "****" into the Document Type standalone
pref, folders are handled. However, then all files with any extension
are also handled. The appleevent pID is "odoc" for both files and
folders. I should be able to filter the apple event data to pick out
what I want to operate on.

Thanks,

ilsa

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:29 PM, ilsa <ilivecode at gmail.com> wrote:
> It worked when I put those extensions in the standalone prefs! And
> when I drag several files the full paths of all get put into the test
> field as paragraphs. Perfect. I put "JPEG" into the Doc Types field
> too but when I dragged a .png onto it, it also showed up, so
> fantastic! I appreciate all the help,
>
> ilsa
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:46 PM, J. Landman Gay
> <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
>> On 2/24/12 6:15 PM, ilsa wrote:
>>>
>>> The app icon in the Dock doesn't hilite when I drag a jpg over it.
>>> When the app opens I get the "oapp" pID.
>>
>>
>> I see, that's a whole different problem. You need to tell the OS that your
>> app will accept jpgs, or any other file type you want to work with. You can
>> do that by editing the plist file inside the app bundle. Or easier, do it
>> before you build the app by entering the document extensions and types in
>> the standalone builder, in the OS X pane.
>>
>> I think only the extensions are strictly required any more, so enter a list
>> of comma-delimited extensions there, like "jpg,jpeg,png,gif". If you know
>> the old-style OS 9 types you can put those into the "types" field too. Jpgs
>> have a type of "JPEG" for example (all capital letters.)
>>
>> That should give you the right plist entries, and the Finder will know your
>> app should accept image files.
>>
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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