Hint : I do not develop a VM app. I think that you would have to find/intercept the OS level call to 4D to determine the (data) file that was dragged onto your application. I do not know how you would do that. An annoying but possible solution: always when opening the database ask (in a confirmation dialog) "Do you want to continue to work with <Last data file> or Open a different one? <button : Open> <Default Button : Continue>
On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:57:32 -0700, Steve Slanec via 4D_Tech wrote: > Hi Chip > > Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately no luck. > > When I launch my app by dragging a datafile on top of the app icon, > in On Startup I call GET PASTEBOARD DATA and Get text from > pasteboard, but both of those just return the last copied text from > the previous app. I also tried calling Get file from pasteboard, but > it returns an empty string. > > Any other ideas? This has to be an issue for other people developing > vertical market apps... > > - S > > >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 12:44 PM, Chip Scheide >> <4d_o...@pghrepository.org> wrote: >> >> I do not know that this would work... >> but when you drag n drop a file form the finder the path is placed on >> the clipboard. >> >> maybe, during startup see if the clipboard contains a valid path, if so >> then use Open Data file to open that file. >> Chip >> >> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:23:42 -0700, Steve Slanec via 4D_Tech wrote: >>> Hi Keisuke - >>> >>> Thanks for your response. I have looked at that feature, and I can >>> see how it is useful for the first time my app is launched. In fact, >>> I already built that mechanism into my app by setting the >>> DataFilePath key in the XML build file to a dummy datafile embedded >>> within the application package. I think it does the same thing as >>> this new “Default Data” mechanism, no? In any case, I don’t >>> understand how it solves the problem once my app has opened a valid >>> datafile, has quit, and is relaunched. >>> >>> I suppose I could blow away the lastDataFile.xml file each time I >>> quit my app, causing it to open the default data file upon next >>> launch. But that does not solve my problem, which is that 4D still >>> does not know the user launched my app with a specific datafile in >>> mind (by either double clicking on the datafile or dragging the >>> datafile on top of my app icon). >>> >>> Am I still missing something? >>> >>> - Steve >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:00 AM, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech >>>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> you really need to use the "Default Data" mechanism >>>> >>>> >> http://doc.4d.com/4Dv15/4D/15/Default-data-file-in-merged-applications.300-2018649.en.html >>>> >>>>> 2017/06/29 17:28、Steve Slanec via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> の >>>>> メール： >>>>> What are other people doing to work around this? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ********************************************************************** >>>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>>> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >>>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>>> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>>> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >>>> ********************************************************************** >>> >>> ********************************************************************** >>> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >>> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >>> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >>> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >>> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >>> ********************************************************************** >> --------------- >> Gas is for washing parts >> Alcohol is for drinkin' >> Nitromethane is for racing > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
