Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: DragDrop.CreateWithControl

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DragDrop.CreateWithControl

Creates a new drop area on the given window covering the area of the given control.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
DragDrop	2.4	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No

MBS( "DragDrop.CreateWithControl"; WindowRef; ControlName { ; DX; DY } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

WindowRef Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window. 0

ControlName The name of the control on your FileMaker form.
e.g. you can place a rectangle there to define the position. "mymedia"

DX A delta to move drop area more to left or right. 0 Optional

DY A delta to move drop area more to top or bottom. 0 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
WindowRef	Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window.	0
ControlName	The name of the control on your FileMaker form. e.g. you can place a rectangle there to define the position.	"mymedia"
DX	A delta to move drop area more to left or right.	0	Optional
DY	A delta to move drop area more to top or bottom.	0	Optional

Result

Returns Drop Area ID on success.

Description

Creates a new drop area on the given window covering the area of the given control.
Use DragDrop.Release later to destroy the drop area.
If you use a register on the window, be aware that the drop area actually is in front of the register. So you need to check in the script which register page is current and should get the dropped files.
Drag & Drop reference numbers are starting at 31000 and counting up for each new drop area.

Added Windows support for MBS Plugin 8.1 for FileMaker 16 or newer.
When creating on a card window, please pass reference to parent window or just 0 for front window. On MacOS you may need to pass delta y value to adjust position.

If you create a control on a new window, you may do window update command in your script first to have FileMaker actually build the window with controls and display it. A short script pause or using FM.RunScriptLater with 0.1 delay can help having all controls draw themselves. Then you can use this command to put our control on top. We use GetLayoutObjectAttribute() to query left, top, width and height and this gives empty value if control is not yet here.

Creation fails to pick the right window in case the window is selected by name and the window name is not unique. In that case better work with window reference numbers or just pass 0 for current front window.

Examples

Creates a new drop area:

Set Variable [ $$dropview ; Value: MBS("DragDrop.CreateWithControl"; Get(WindowName); "drop") ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS( "DragDrop.RegisterDropTypes"; $$dropview; "file") ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS( "DragDrop.SetDragActionHandler"; $$dropview; Get ( FileName ); "DragAction") ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS( "DragDrop.SetCursor"; $$dropview; 1) ]
Set Variable [ $result ; Value: MBS( "DragDrop.SetImage"; $$dropview; DragTest::DropLogo) ]