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DragDrop.GetFileDescriptor

Queries file descriptor.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
DragDrop	8.1	❌ No	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No

MBS( "DragDrop.GetFileDescriptor"; droparea; Index; Selector ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

droparea The reference ID for this drop area. Use functions like DragDrop.CreateWithControl to create a drop area. $dropHandle

Index The index of the file descriptor from 0 to DragDrop.GetFileDescriptorCount-1. 0

Selector Which value to return.
Can be Name, Size, Data or Path. "Name"

Parameter	Description	Example
droparea	The reference ID for this drop area. Use functions like DragDrop.CreateWithControl to create a drop area.	$dropHandle
Index	The index of the file descriptor from 0 to DragDrop.GetFileDescriptorCount-1.	0
Selector	Which value to return. Can be Name, Size, Data or Path.	"Name"

Result

Returns value or error.

Description

Queries file descriptor.
The file descriptor may include a file path and/or file data.
The data is returned as container value.

A Drag may include both a normal path and a file descriptor. So you may want to filter and not take both if they reference same file path.

Examples

Check for a file descriptor coming with Drag & Drop:

Set Variable [ $count ; Value: MBS("DragDrop.GetFileDescriptorCount"; $dropview; "") ]
If [ $count > 0 ]
Set Variable [ $index ; Value: 0 ]
Loop
Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): ,1 ]
Set Variable [ $name ; Value: MBS("DragDrop.GetFileDescriptor"; $dropview; $index; "name") ]
Set Variable [ $data ; Value: MBS("DragDrop.GetFileDescriptor"; $dropview; $index; "data") ]
Set Variable [ $size ; Value: MBS("DragDrop.GetFileDescriptor"; $dropview; $index; "size") ]
Set Variable [ $path ; Value: MBS("DragDrop.GetFileDescriptor"; $dropview; $index; "path") ]

If [ Length ( $path ) > 0 ]
New Record/Request
Set Field [ DragTest::field ; MBS("Files.ReadFile"; $path; "auto") ]
Set Field [ DragTest::Description ; "Got via file descriptor with path" ]
Set Field [ DragTest::Text ; $path ]
Commit Records/Requests [ With dialog: Off ]
Else If [ $size > 0 ]
New Record/Request
Set Field [ DragTest::field ; $data ]
Set Field [ DragTest::Text ; $name ]
Set Field [ DragTest::Description ; "Got via file descriptor with data" ]
Commit Records/Requests [ With dialog: Off ]
End If

# next
Set Variable [ $index ; Value: $index+1 ]
Exit Loop If [ $index = $count ]
End Loop
End If