Ben Allen wrote on Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:56:00 GMT: > HI, I'm a lurker that is trying to implement an idea posed on the > GlassElevator list. One problem I'm coming across maybe one of you > folks can answer. When a file is dragged from the desktop or the > tracker onto an application icon, what information is sent to the > target application, and what format is it in? The BeBook and > O'Reilley's "Programming the BeOS" have been unhelpful in this matter > (unless I missed something, that's a possibility). Please let me know > if you can help me or direct me to where I can find this information. > Thank you very much! http://bang.dhs.org/be/bebook/Drag%20and%20Drop/DragNDrop.html And if you use ViewIt (http://www.bebits.com/app/315) to see the drag and drop message, you see this for a simple file drop: What=B_SIMPLE_DATA B_POINTER_TYPE "src_window" 0x80023510 B_POINT_TYPE "click_pt" x=24.00 y=12.00 B_MESSENGER_TYPE "TrackerViewToken" Remote Looper: Team #31 "Tracker" (application/x-vnd.Be-TRAK) B_REF_TYPE "refs" File: /boot/var/tmp/default.dat Size: 18064 bytes. B_INT32_TYPE "buttons" 1 (0x00000001) B_POINT_TYPE "_drop_point_" x=128.00 y=255.00 B_POINT_TYPE "_drop_offset_" x=24.00 y=12.00 - Alex