HFSPromised, other file systems, and what is the deal ?
HFSPromised, other file systems, and what is the deal ?
- Subject: HFSPromised, other file systems, and what is the deal ?
- From: "Michelle L. Buck" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 13:25:54 -0500
The method, -dragPromisedFilesOfTypes:fromRect:source:slideBack:event:, is
used primarily in drags to Finder. The purpose of such a drag is for the
dragging source to obtain from the dragging destination a location in which
the user wants to store one or more files.
How is this different or better than just having the user use the Save Panel
?
How is this different from dragging a folder from Finder to the Save Panel
in order to tell the Save Panel where files should be saved ?
Why does a "promise" have to be made ? Why not just synthesize the file
paths via some other communications channel besides drag and drop ?
The documentation talks about HFS promises; does that mean similar promises
can not be made for UFS or NFS or AFS or WebDav file systems ?
Is there anything like these promises on any other platform ?
Does the dragging destination tell the source a path or an FSRef or FSSpec
or what ?
Is this the only example of using drag and drop to get information from the
destination to the source rather than from the source to the destination ?
What is the motivation for having this capability at all ? I don't claim
there is no good motivation...I just don't know what it is.
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