Mac drop file on standalone, process, and quit

[Richard Gaskin]

ilsa wrote:
> I've searched the list but haven't found out how to do a very simple
> thing: drop an image file, or a bunch of image files, onto a
> standalone and have it process them all and then quit. So I could have
> the app in the Dock and drop files on it. I have the image processing
> part down, but getting the standalone to recognize the drop, do the
> process on each file and then quit has proved impossible for me. Is
> there a tutorial or example anywhere? Or ideas on a better process?
> This is for LiveCode 5.02 and Mac OS X 10.5.

The trick here is to trap the appleEvent message, taking action on the
'odoc' event.  See the dictionary for the appleEvent message, and also
the request command to obtain the list of files.

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