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[tangibleLime]

<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>Dragger DLL</span>

With this DLL, you can allow users to drag files to the Game Maker window, and have it recognize the files being dropped. You can also figure out how many files are being dropped, and a certain item using the index (0 based). The example (gm6) shows how to use the functions. Look in the scripts to find the arguments and returns.

If you have any problems, please tell me here.

Download: DraggerDLL.zip (~8 KB)

Rock on,
Roach

[HomerTheDragoon]

wow sounds fantastic, let me try this.

[Daniel-Dane]

Well, works like a charm and a really nice example.
However, there are already DLL's out here that can do that, and even more (eg. filesize, attributes, etc.).

[cdm319]

it would be good if it recognised what file type it was, eg. PDF file or Word Document

[coolsmile]

What do you mean? I can drop that type of file...
You probably mean gm could read it?

--Oh well...

[Quimp]

Very useful functionnality (for me at least), thank you Roach.

[P-entertainment]

This may be just what I'm looking for

[crash2108]

It doesn't work for me.

[cdm319]

no, I mean that when you drop a file into the window, it tells you what type of file you dropped.

[celebraces]

I think it's worth noting that you can set the first argument drag_mode to a handle returned by GMWWW's functions; you can set a specific area of a window to receive files.

[tangibleLime]

no, I mean that when you drop a file into the window, it tells you what type of file you dropped.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Your wish is my command. I'll include it in the next version.

[Melari]

This is really neat!

[hanson]

This is really usefull. Thanks.

[Smarttart62]

Finally another one... The last one i saw was more of a hack job...
-Steve

[IsmAvatar]

Slight bug:
drag_num, drag_get, and drag_step
are supposed to return values, but you do not tell the scripts to return; they just call their function. Curious that they still work...

Edited by IsmAvatar, 22 January 2007 - 03:14 AM.

[tangibleLime]

I've always done that. It just always works, for some reason.

[Quimp]

Game Maker has to return a value (the result can't be void), so it returns the last result it has gathered. Ex: script0: vara = "32"; Creation room event: show_message(script0());

[IceMetalPunk]

I like this, but I've found a bug. When calling drag_get(files_get,"0") the drive letter is missing (it starts at the colon). I can assume it's drive C, but on others' computers it may not be... can this be fixed?

BTW, it works okay with every other index, it only misses the drive letter on index 0....

-IMP

[cdm319]

about my suggestion roach, you could use GM's function "filename_ext"

[zephroelectro]

woot. altho h0bbels stuff already does this, and offers alot more function.

still good tho