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NummerDertien
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Virtual Desktop

Post by NummerDertien » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:31 pm

Hey,

I'm searching for an solution wich helps persons with a very crowded desktop. It wil provide ca. 9 desktops wich each separate icons. I want to let the original desktop withstand and just provide a stack with wich you can switch to alternate desktops. But I will have to find a way to distract the path to the icon from a link file wich is pulled into the window. I want to know two things:
1) How do I distract the icon from the shortcut file
2) How do I recognize if someone pulles a file into the window just like when someone pulls a file onto the desktop and it appears there.

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Post by Mark » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:28 am

Hoi Nr13,

1) the aliasReference function
2) read everything about drag and drop

Éric Chatonet has a tutorial on his site about d&d, which you might find useful. See http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/ .

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