_ACCEPTFILEDROP

The _ACCEPTFILEDROP statement prepares a program window to receive files dropped from Windows Explorer in a drag/drop operation.

Syntax

_ACCEPTFILEDROP [{ON|OFF}]

Description

• Calling the statement with no parameters turns drag/dropping ON.
• To know when files have been dropped into your program's window, check that _TOTALDROPPEDFILES is greater than 0.
• Use _DROPPEDFILE to read the list, either sequentially or by index.
• If using _DROPPEDFILE with an index, you must call _FINISHDROP after you finish working with the list.
• Keyword not supported in Linux or macOS versions

Availability

• Version 1.3 and up.

Examples

Example: Accepting files dragged from a folder and processing the list received sequentially.

SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(128, 25, 0) _ACCEPTFILEDROP 'enables drag/drop functionality PRINT "Drag files from a folder and drop them in this window..." DO IF _TOTALDROPPEDFILES THEN FOR i = 1 TO _TOTALDROPPEDFILES a$ = _DROPPEDFILE 'reads the list sequentially; when the result is empty ("") it means the list is over COLOR 15 PRINT i, IF _FILEEXISTS(a$) THEN COLOR 2: PRINT "file", ELSE IF _DIREXISTS(a$) THEN COLOR 3: PRINT "folder", ELSE COLOR 4: PRINT "not found", 'highly unlikely, but who knows? END IF END IF COLOR 15 PRINT a$ NEXT END IF _LIMIT 30 LOOP

See also

• _TOTALDROPPEDFILES, _DROPPEDFILE, _FINISHDROP
• _FILEEXISTS, _DIREXISTS

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