Re: Q: Standalone with drag and drop works on one Windows machine but not two others… why?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Mon Sep 22 15:28:23 EDT 2014


The user security level?

On 9/22/2014, 1:46 PM, stymie at roguemusic.com wrote:
> Thanks for responding Trevor.
>
> Restarting doesn’t help.
> On the one Win7 laptop it’s perfect, just like the Macs.
> On another Win7 laptop, and on a Win8 desktop, the cursor indicates the “no-drop-allowed” condition.
>
> On those machines I can see the cursor respond correctly, changing to “Copy” within the desktop; but not when it reaches my app.
>
> The fact that it works on the one laptop makes me think there’s some Windows setting that’s different.
> One thing I have yet to try is compiling the standalone on Windows; but I’m hoping to find something that maintains “cross-platform consistency”.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe F.
>
>
> On Sep 22, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Trevor DeVore <lists at mangomultimedia.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 4:54 PM, stymie at roguemusic.com <
>> stymie at roguemusic.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> This code works fine on my Macs, and fine on a laptop running Windows 7;
>>> but on another Windows 7 laptop, and yet another running Windows 8, the
>>> stop sign cursor appears when I drag a folder to the button.
>>>
>>> The desktop behavior shows the drag being interpreted, with the cursor
>>> changing to the "Copy" icon, but when it gets to my app's window it's a
>>> stop sign. Yet, on the other Windows 7 machine it's perfect.
>>>
>>
>> If you restart the Windows machines does it work?
>>
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