So how about this: on dragEnter set the acceptDrop to true end dragEnter
on dragDrop set the droppedFiles of me to the dragData send "NotifyUser" to me in 20 milliseconds end dragDrop on NotifyUser answer "You dropped these items on me:" & cr & cr & (the droppedFiles of me) end NotifyUser That should work... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > Thanks for the feedback, Ken. Maybe this would help explain > my situation. > Here's a distilled version of my problem: > > --begin-- > --add this code to the script of a scrolling list field-- > > on dragEnter > set the acceptDrop to true > end dragEnter > > on dragDrop > put the dragData into myFiles > answer "You dropped these items on me:" & cr & cr & myFiles > end dragDrop > > --end-- > > I'm running MacOSX (10.3.2). If you drag one or more files > to the field > and wait 20 secs, you'll see ghosts of the dragged files zoom back to > their source. At that point I cannot click on the OK of the answer > dialog. Sometimes I can press return to answer "OK", but > sometimes Rev is > completely frozen and must be forced to quit. The feedback > the user's > will see in the "real" answer dialog will be showing them > files that could > not be processed because they have invalid file names. There > is a very > good chance the user will take longer than 20 secs to read this > information. > > Thanks in advance...James > > > > > > > "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 02/19/04 05:25 PM > Please respond to kray; Please respond to How to use Revolution > > To: "'How to use Revolution'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: Drag-n-drop Time Out & Rev Freeze > > > Well, you could accept the file names from the drop and store > them in a variable (don't put them in a field), and *then* > bring up your answer dialogs. If everything's OK, you use the > data in the variable; if not, you ditch it. > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:56 PM > > To: How to use Revolution > > Subject: Drag-n-drop Time Out & Rev Freeze > > > > > > Here's what happens: > > > > 1. I drag some files from the OS (Mac OS X) to a > drag-n-drop enabled > > field. 2. I have answer dialogs during the Drag-n-drop handler to > > give feedback > > to the user. > > 3. If the answer dialogs are not answered within 20 seconds, the > > Drag-n-Drop times out and freezes Revolution. > > > > Has anyone encountered this problem and come up with a fix? > > > > Thanks in advance....James > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-> revolution > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-> revolution > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-> revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
