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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
- Version 11.0
- Changed DragDrop.CreateWithControl, DragDrop.CreateWithSize, DragDrop.CreateWithWindow to return an error if the control can't be created properly.
Blog Entries
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.6pr1
- MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 4.3pr1
- Accept file drops in Filemaker with MBS Plugin
FileMaker Magazin
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 13th January 2021
