Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithControl

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DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithControl

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

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
DragDrop	9.2	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

MBS( "DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithControl"; WindowRef; Popover Name; ControlName { ; DX; DY } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

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

Popover Name The name of the popover to look for on the window. "MyPopover"

ControlName The name of the control on your FileMaker form. For example "mymedia" if you assign this name to a media field. This is not the name of the field in the database! "mymedia"

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

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

Parameter	Description	Example value
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
Popover Name	The name of the popover to look for on the window.	"MyPopover"
ControlName	The name of the control on your FileMaker form. For example "mymedia" if you assign this name to a media field. This is not the name of the field in the database!	"mymedia"
DX	Optional A delta to move drop area more to left or right.	0
DY	Optional A delta to move drop area more to top or bottom.	0

Result

Returns Drop Area ID on success.

Description

Creates a new drop area on the given popover covering the area of the given control.
Use DragDrop.Release later to destroy the drop area.
Drag & Drop reference numbers are starting at 31000 and counting up for each new drop area.

Example Databases

Drag and Drop/DragTest Popover

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Release notes

Version 10.0
- Changed DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithControl and TextView.CreateOnPopoverWithControl to return error when popover is not found.
- Changed DragDrop.CreateWithControl, DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithControl, TextView.CreateWithControl, TextView.SetFrameWithControl and TextView.CreateOnPopoverWithControl to return error when control is not found.
Version 9.2
- Added DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithControl and DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithSize.

Created 22nd March 2019, last changed 28th March 2019

DragDrop.ClearDragExitHandler - DragDrop.CreateOnPopoverWithSize

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