on 9/29/01 9:14 PM, Craig Hoyt at aztech4mac@... wrote:

> Hi all... I need some help with a current project. I need to be able to
> drag a file or folder onto my application window and retrieve the Name and
> vRefNum of the file/folder. Folders are the most important ones to be
> dragged. The window is a standard FB doc window. I've played with the
> finderInfo command and even put in a file type of "fldr" and "****" and
> "????" but none of these work. I've also set the SIZE resource to be High
> Level events aware. Does anybody have an example on how to do this? I
> couldn't find any information on the drag manager but a note in IM VI in
> the finder section says this is possible. Any suggestions?

Craig,

You need to use the basic Apple Events to allow for document drag and drop
to work with your application.

You already have a program that does this... the "Drop 'n Go" code that I
sent you does exactly this... check it out.

Charlie Dickman
3tothe4th@...