Re: Get only Pathname of a dragdropped Object

2018-04-23 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Of course, this would not be necessary if the folder names ended with a slash. Unfortunately, answer folder returns a path without a trailing slash, so you have to touch the file system for every item in the list. For a long list I imagine that is a lot of overhead. An alternative might be to

Get only Pathname of a dragdropped Object

2018-04-23 Thread Hillen Richard via use-livecode
Thank you all for your help! Richard. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode

Re: Get only Pathname of a dragdropped Object

2018-04-22 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Richard, here is what I use. On the UI I have addition button 1) get files only 2) Go to web page (working a mirror of there we site locally_) This script in a field. on dragEnter set the acceptDrop to true end dragEnter on dragDrop put dragData["files"] into me getList end

Re: Get only Pathname of a dragdropped Object

2018-04-22 Thread Mike Bonner via use-livecode
when you set the dragaction, it doesn't actually DO the action.. All it really does is a) set the prompt to the action you intend to do, and b) send that info back to the source of the dragdrop. (not positive about that second part) So, if you have a button as the destination for your drag drop,

Get only Pathname of a dragdropped Object

2018-04-22 Thread Hillen Richard via use-livecode
Hello list, I´m looking for a solution to get the path to a Folder by dragdropping it into my (macOS)app without that the whole Folder is copied in the drgdrop-process. Is there a solution? Thank you in advance, Richard.. ___ use-livecode