i might have an idea for you. Be warned, it's a dirty workaround. and only halfway there. seriously, i'm not fond of it.
I tested this: on mousedown set the dragdata["files"] to "/Users/bvg/Desktop/GreeceMap.jpg" end mousedown Note that the file does exist. But, when I start a drag from that button, the file will be _duplicated_ in the finder wherever I drop it, including proper renaming (when dropped onto the desktop, a file "greeceMap 2. jpg" is created). Note that other OSes might behave differently (might depend on the dragAction?). However, there is no easy way to actually know _where_ the user dropped the file, as you noticed. So what you can do is this: The user selects the files for download, and then you download the file into a temporary hidden location (eg. temp folder), and then, when you're finished downloading you let the user start a drag action, while setting your dragdata["files"] to the temp files. Another Idea i just had when rereading my post: all files in mac os have a unique id, independent of name and place in the folder hierarchy. I think there's command line and other ways (applescript) to query that id. you could let the user drag a fake file of which you _know_ the id, then find out where it's now at in the finder... that'd actually work! No idea how to querry the id tho. -- official ChatRev page: http://bjoernke.com?target=chatrev Chat with other RunRev developers: go stack URL "http://bjoernke.com/chatrev/chatrev1.3b3.rev" _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution