Drag & Drop

To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
Subject: Drag & Drop
From: ron.franke-polz@psd.invensys.com
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:15:03 -0500 (EST)
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What is the "right" way to do File Explorer drag & drop for FD
applications?

I've tried using:
-----------------------------------
let arguments = application-arguments();
let ifile = arguments[0];

if (file-exists?(ifile-name))
   let fs = make(<file-stream>, locator: ifile, direction:
#"input");
   :
end if;
-----------------------------------

The problem here is that the filename of the "dropped" file is in
DOS-cobbled
format that FD's "open" doesn't like. Either "file-exists?" or
"make(<file-stream ..." doesn't like the DOS-truncated form.

Looking for some tips on how to do this.

Thanks,

Ron Franke-Polz
ron.franke-polz@psd.invensys.com




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