Drag-and-Drop with Desktop Files

[J. Landman Gay]

See the entry for dragDrop in the dictionary. You can get the file paths 
from there.

on dragDrop -- check for file paths
   get the dragData["files"]
   ...
   pass dragDrop
end dragDrop

On 3/12/19 10:46 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
> On a Mac you could just make an Applescript call to the Finder. Windows, I don't know. There is probably a powershell call that will do it.
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Mar 8, 2019, at 06:46 , R.H. via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Desktop and IDE, mainly Windows 10 (could be any OS), LiveCode lastest
>> version.
>>
>> Drag-and-Drop on Windows works as expected. But I have another request and
>> do not know how to handle it so far.
>>
>> The OS should know which file a user has selected. Is there are a command
>> or Shell function to know which files are selected in the Operating System
>> to receive their file path back in LiveCode without much user interaction.
>> The user shall NOT move the file as in Drag-and-Drop, but just click a
>> button to know about these selected files and folders and process them as
>> desired.
>>
>> Speaking about Windows, only folders and files in a current folder can be
>> user-selected. So, if we had the information about the currently selected
>> folder and the selected files and folders inside, it would be a huge
>> advantage for the application I am working on.
>>
>> Thanks for any hint if this is conceivable.
> 
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