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Message        rb_monster          Post subject: FileType wildcardPosted: Tue 
Dec 27, 2011 8:58 am                         
Joined: Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:03 pm
Posts: 18                Hi there,

I'm using this code

Code:Private Function AnyFileType() As fileType
  static f as FileType
  if f = nil then
  f = new FileType
  f.Extensions = "*" // there are millions of file formats, why limit to any?
  f.MacType = "????"
  f.Name = "movie"
  end if
  Return f
End Function
 
 me.AcceptFileDrop movieFT // in mywindow.open
  
I want to be able to drag and drop ANY file, to my window.

How do I do this?? Its not working on Windows  I can't figure out how    
                             Top                 DaveS          Post subject: 
Re: FileType wildcardPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:26 am                           
      
Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:46 am
Posts: 3350
Location: San Diego, CA                Filetypes are a royal PITA..... get them 
right and they work..... get the slightest thing out of kilter and you will 
scratch your head raw trying to figure out what you missed.

try setting f.Extensions=""

or create the FT with the IDE .... and select "SPECIAL/ANY"      
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                             Top                mjh          Post subject: Re: 
FileType wildcardPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:13 am                              
   
Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:10 pm
Posts: 1553
Location: Hamburg, Germany                There is a standard filetype 
‘special/any’ to be found under ‘Add common filetype’ – why not add 
that in the filetype editor rather than defining your own filetype at runtime? 
But if you absolutely want to do that you should set its extensions property to 
the empty string (or just leave it alone). That’s how ‘special/any’ is 
defined.      
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                             Top                npalardy          Post subject: 
Re: FileType wildcardPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:17 am                       
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Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:18 pm
Posts: 6964
Location: Canada, Alberta, Near Red Deer                And be aware that if 
the FileType object you create at runtime goes out of scope it gets destroyed & 
then it won't work.
It's scope has to be such that it stays around.
Personally the easiest way to insure that is to just add the file type to the 
project & be done.      
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