Re: NSFilesPromisePboardType
Re: NSFilesPromisePboardType
- Subject: Re: NSFilesPromisePboardType
- From: Nick Paulson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:37:05 -0500
I am trying to get the path of an item dropped onto a view by iTunes.
iTunes seems to only do this with NSFilesPromisePboardType. Maybe I am wrong, though.
--Nick
On Jan 8, 2010, at 11:33 PM, Jim Correia wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:24 PM, Nick Paulson wrote:
>
>> I am doing the following code:
>>
>> NSArray *filenames = [sender namesOfPromisedFilesDroppedAtDestination:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:@"/"]];
>>
>> However, it is getting the following lines in console:
>> Couldn't get a copy of an HFS Promise from the pasteboard
>> Looked for HFSPromises on the pasteboard, but found none.
>>
>> I am dragging from iTunes in list view to my own view.
>>
>> Am I making a mistake somewhere?
>
> A couple of things to keep in mind here…
>
> * See the comment in the documentation about having to assume the files haven’t been created yet? You have to assume that, and it can complicate things. (I’ve logged a lengthy bug requesting ways to simplify file promise dragging, but the problem is complex because it requires system framework support *and* the cooperation of applications doing the dragging.)
>
> * You specified the drop location as /. Not all users have write permissions to the root of the disk, and it is unlikely that you really wanted iTunes to create the files here anyway.
>
> Ultimately, it appears that iTunes is putting bad promise data in the drag. At this point it is probably best to file a bug against iTunes.
>
> What is it you are actually trying to accomplish? Perhaps there is another solution.
>
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