>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:49:30 +0000 >Subject: Re: Desktop Drag&Drop files >From: Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >on 29/11/01 2:40 AM, Alex Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > For windows.. it is easy .. compile your exe > > > > Dropped files are accessed via the global variables $0 - app name/path; $1 > > - dropped file 1; etc > > (see Help - Concepts & Techniques - The Outside World) > > > > So to access the full path to the first file dropped onto the app: > > put $1 into it > > > > On windows it didn't matter what sort of file was dropped.. it accepted > > everything .. files & folders. It then becomes a simple task of processing > > each variable $1 -> $n (n - the last file). > >Thanks Alex! I'll look forward to trying this out. > >Do you get any kind of message about this happening when your app is already >running? ie how do you know, apart from at startup, when to examine the >environment variables? > >PS - Jeanne, are you reading this? I couldn't find any docs in Rev about >how to read environment variables - and I guess also that this (how to make >an app respond to files dropped or launched; on all platforms; including how >to set file affiliations on the Mac) would make a useful encyclopedia topic. > > Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 > http://www.cogapp.com | Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866
On the PC another instance of the stack exe is created but I haven't tried to get round this.. yet, maybe this weekend. alex _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
