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DragDrop.CreateWithSize

Creates a new drop area inside the window with the given rectangle.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
DragDrop 2.4 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No
MBS( "DragDrop.CreateWithSize"; WindowRef; x; y; w; h )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
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
x The left coordinate in the window. 0
y The top coordinate in the window. 0
w The width of the drop area in the window. 100
h The height of the drop area in the window. 100

Result

Returns Drop Area ID on success.

Description

Creates a new drop area inside the window with the given rectangle.
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.

Examples

Create from Size:

Set Variable [ $DragDrop ; Value: MBS( "DragDrop.CreateWithSize"; 0; 30; 30; 700; 700 ) ]

See also

Release notes

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 13th January 2021


DragDrop.CreateWithControl - DragDrop.CreateWithWindow