Re: Simulating drag and drop to another application - possible?
Re: Simulating drag and drop to another application - possible?
- Subject: Re: Simulating drag and drop to another application - possible?
- From: Van Mardian <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:51:44 -0500
App A is basically a custom file browser that I'm designing for a
touchscreen display. App B is some music production software that
accepts file drops into various "tracks". App A would be running on
the touchscreen and App B would be running on the main display.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Van Mardian wrote:
>
>> I want to build a graphical application (App A) that would simulate a
>> file drop onto certain areas of another running application (App B) at
>> the touch of a button.
>
> I don't believe there have ever been public APIs for simulating
> drag-and-drop at that level. It only runs under the control of the actual
> mouse. (Unless there's something in the accessibility APIs that allows
> this?)
>
> What exactly are you trying to do? Are you sure there isn't a way to use
> AppleScript or something similar to tell app B to accept a new piece of
> data?
>
> —Jens
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