App A is basically a custom file browser that I'm designing for a touchscreen display. App B is some music production software that accepts file drops into various "tracks". App A would be running on the touchscreen and App B would be running on the main display.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Jens Alfke <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Van Mardian wrote: > >> I want to build a graphical application (App A) that would simulate a >> file drop onto certain areas of another running application (App B) at >> the touch of a button. > > I don't believe there have ever been public APIs for simulating > drag-and-drop at that level. It only runs under the control of the actual > mouse. (Unless there's something in the accessibility APIs that allows > this?) > > What exactly are you trying to do? Are you sure there isn't a way to use > AppleScript or something similar to tell app B to accept a new piece of > data? > > —Jens _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
