On Feb 26, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
I've used a few like that myself (GoLive and FileZilla work that way). It may be just a Mac convention that supports this so well, but I use Interarchy for FTP and it does a wonderful job of behaving Finder-like: I just drag the file name from its listing into the Finder and it starts the download. Beautiful, simple, lets the user interact with their files directly in the context they're most familiar with.
This is true Richard, but the Interarchy drag-drop interface drops data that is recognized by the accepting app, such as the Finder, that matches what the Finder is expecting. In the case of moving files, it would be the full path and it triggers the 'move file command' if on the same drive, and 'copy file command' if on different volumes or servers.
You task is more complex. You are saying that you want your app to receive a report back from the Finder that contains the location the user chose. This is not the normal semaphore unless you use AppleScripting (which is Mac only of course). Beyond that, you want is to do work that the destination app may not understand, such as build a text file and save it.
As far as file listings, the [ls] command can be 'piped' to a text file on the hard drive or an environmental memory variable for access by your app. The [ls] command will produce a list, and if you use Google, I am sure you can locate a directory walk script out there somewhere.
My take would be that the user defines the destination by drag-drop to your app, then you check permissions, and go forth.
Hope this helps Jim Ault Las Vegas _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
