Klaus.
AHA. I did, but did not see past the fact that the “$” keyword took parameters.
Craig
> On Mar 22, 2024, at 8:56 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> Hi Craig,
>
>> Am 22.03.2024 um 13:44 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode
>> mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>:
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Hi Craig,
> Am 22.03.2024 um 13:44 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode
> :
>
> What on earth is the “1$ special variable”?
well, 1$ sounds like a good bargain for a "special variable"! :-D
Actually it is -> $1
Look up $ in the dictionary for further information.
> Craig
>
>> On Mar 21, 202
What on earth is the “1$ special variable”?
Craig
> On Mar 21, 2024, at 6:58 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
> wrote:
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> Wow I just read that and it didn’t even make sense to me!
>
> Basically with Windows, dragging a file onto a taskbar icon only adds the
> file to the icon’s Pinned items
Wow I just read that and it didn’t even make sense to me!
Basically with Windows, dragging a file onto a taskbar icon only adds the file
to the icon’s Pinned items. Dragging a file onto an open window of an App will
try and open the file in that app. If the app’s window(s) are hidden, dragging
Does it have to be the icon? If I drag a file onto an app in the Windows Tack
Bar it does nothing, even if the file belongs to the app I am dragging the file
onto. If however I HOVER on the icon and the app is running, it will bring the
app to the front and show the frontmost window if it is hid
My question is what message is triggered when a file is dropped on a
running LC standdalone on Windows
On Windows, if the APP is started by dropping a file on it, the file
name is available to any handler in the startup sequence via the $1
special variable. i.e. IF teh variable $1 contains a f
