Hi Doug,

This is certainly possible, but I can't tell how difficult, yet. First,
I would like to figure out how to do dnd within the app, which is not
terribly easy, either. Afterwards, I can investigate this one. Is it
going to be in one of the projects (Liberia or HANA) under preparation now?

Ferenc


Douglas.Arellanes@mdlf.org wrote on 08/29/2007 01:16 PM:
>
> Hi Ferenc,
>
> I know you're working on drag-and-drop, so I wanted to put this on your
> horizon.
>
> I've been talking recently with Noel, who says that it's very important
> for him and Diakhate to have drag and drop from the desktop. The use
> case looks like this:
>
> They open the network share that has their news items; each folder is
> arranged by day. They currently take the files from that folder and drag
> them to Winamp, where they are queued and played.
>
> They haven't said so directly, but I suspect that not having this
> ability in Studio would be a dealbreaker for WADR's long-term Campcaster
> use.
>
> Here's how I could see it working: When they drag an item from the
> desktop to the Live Mode or Scratchpad windows, they will get a prompt
> asking if they want to import the file. The prompt could give users
> three options:
>
> - Import without info
> - Import and add info
> - Cancel
>
> If the user chooses 'import without info', the behavior is the same as
> when a file is input from the mass import tool; the script scans for ID3
> and if nothing is there, the file name is the title and everything else
> is blank. The added file is then added to the window they originally
> dragged it to (i.e. the user should not have to perform an extra step to
> search for the file or drag it from the scratchpad).
>
> If the user chooses import and add info, they get the standard file
> input window. On clicking 'Upload' the file would appear where the user
> dragged it (i.e. in the Live Mode queue or in the top position of the
> scratchpad).