Excellent! This will be great functionality to have in OJ. M
Paul Austin wrote: > Martin, > > This will fit nicely into my new OpenFile plug-in, all I'll need to do > is make one small change to be able to call the plug-in with a list of > files rather than a single file (used in the open recent). With this > approach if there are any required options or more than one file loader > then the wizard pops up to allow them to select the options. > > I can take on that part as the code hasn't been integrated into the > trunk yet. > > Paul > > > Martin Davis wrote: > >> That'd be great. The FileDrop code is almost trivial - the trick will >> be figuring out where and how to patch it into JUMP. One thing that >> will be needed I think is a mapping from file extensions to DataSource >> types (AFAIK that's not present now). >> >> I'd volunteer myself, but right now all my open source hours are taken >> up with JTS stuff... >> >> Martin >> >> Sunburned Surveyor wrote: >> >> >>> Martin, >>> >>> Maybe I can take a peek at the code in the library this week? >>> >>> SS >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9/19/07, Martin Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hey, coders. >>>> >>>> Check out the FileDrop library for doing file drag-and-drop: >>>> >>>> http://iharder.sourceforge.net/filedrop/ >>>> >>>> The code is unlicensed and can be repackaged and used anywhere >>>> >>>> It's almost trivial to use - with one class FileDrop you can respond to >>>> file drop events on any Swing component. It took me literally 5 minutes >>>> to implement file dropping in the JTS TestBuilder, using this code: >>>> >>>> private void initFileDrop(Component comp) { >>>> new FileDrop(comp, new FileDrop.Listener() { >>>> public void filesDropped(java.io.File[] files) { >>>> try { >>>> openXmlFilesAndDirectories(files); >>>> } catch (Exception ex) { >>>> reportException(null, ex); >>>> } >>>> } >>>> }); >>>> } >>>> >>>> With this, I can see adding file dropping in two places in OJ: >>>> - dropping onto a Task (Project) window would load the dataset(s) into >>>> that Task >>>> - dropping onto the top OJ frame would create a new task and load the >>>> dataset(s) into it >>>> >>>> This is a perfect example of where modularizing into View and Model is >>>> important. The file loading/task creation code should be in the model >>>> module, where it can be called from many different view gestures (menu >>>> items and drop events, in this case). >>>> >>>> Anyone keen to give this a go? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Martin Davis >>>> Senior Technical Architect >>>> Refractions Research, Inc. >>>> (250) 383-3022 >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >>>> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >>> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > -- Martin Davis Senior Technical Architect Refractions Research, Inc. (250) 383-3022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
