Comments on: AIRhead: What Exactly Is ClipboardFormats.URL_FORMAT? http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/16/airhead-what-exactly-is-clipboardformatsurl_format/ This is the blog of Brooks Andrus. Here, at irregular intervals, you may find digital noise centered around the activities of an early 21st century technologist. I work for TechSmith Corporation, but this web space and the views found on it are entirely my own. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:07:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RaiulBaztepo http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/16/airhead-what-exactly-is-clipboardformatsurl_format/comment-page-1/#comment-49816 RaiulBaztepo Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:15:43 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=393#comment-49816 Hello! Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource! PS: Sorry for my bad english, I'v just started to learn this language ;) See you! Your, Raiul Baztepo Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language ;)
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]]> By: Brooks http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/16/airhead-what-exactly-is-clipboardformatsurl_format/comment-page-1/#comment-48592 Brooks Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:36:33 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=393#comment-48592 @Mike - Hey I get that its a constant. I understand its a String. While it helps to know the data type and volatility of the referenced data its not all that useful by itself. I've also done drag and drop and tested for format types. I understand the concept. I just haven't been able to paste anything on the clipboard (URL or otherwise) that returns true when Clipboard.hasFormat( ClipboardFormats.URL_FORMAT ) is run against the clipboard. If I'm hearing you correctly, it's only relevant when dragging from AIR to the OS or from AIR to AIR. If so why isn't this mentioned in the docs? If more detail is given someplace else (I've been looking) I'd appreciate a link. In general I think the Adobe documentation is great. I use it all of the time. However, lots of times I find information to be incredibly terse to the point of being cryptic and that's frustrating. Your explanation about dragging from AIR to a browser helps although I'd like to know how AIR determines what qualifies as a URL. You're dragging a reference to String data. Does AIR look for an acceptable protocol prefix? Does it only work when copying data from properties that hold URL Strings? What are the rules and how does it work? @Mike – Hey I get that its a constant. I understand its a String. While it helps to know the data type and volatility of the referenced data its not all that useful by itself. I’ve also done drag and drop and tested for format types. I understand the concept. I just haven’t been able to paste anything on the clipboard (URL or otherwise) that returns true when Clipboard.hasFormat( ClipboardFormats.URL_FORMAT ) is run against the clipboard.

If I’m hearing you correctly, it’s only relevant when dragging from AIR to the OS or from AIR to AIR. If so why isn’t this mentioned in the docs? If more detail is given someplace else (I’ve been looking) I’d appreciate a link.

In general I think the Adobe documentation is great. I use it all of the time. However, lots of times I find information to be incredibly terse to the point of being cryptic and that’s frustrating.

Your explanation about dragging from AIR to a browser helps although I’d like to know how AIR determines what qualifies as a URL. You’re dragging a reference to String data. Does AIR look for an acceptable protocol prefix? Does it only work when copying data from properties that hold URL Strings? What are the rules and how does it work?

]]> By: mike chambers http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/16/airhead-what-exactly-is-clipboardformatsurl_format/comment-page-1/#comment-48591 mike chambers Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:05:18 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=393#comment-48591 Text data is not necessarily a URL. If you try to drag text to a firefox or safari icon, it is ignored. If you drag a URL, it highlights. The different types are so that apps can indicate whether they support the type. As far as the docs, the entry is describing what the constant represents. It represents a URL. Just as the TEXT_FORMAT entry indicates it represents a string. If you want to know how those APIs can be used, there is more in depth documentation in other parts of the docs. mike chambers mesh@adobe.com Text data is not necessarily a URL.

If you try to drag text to a firefox or safari icon, it is ignored. If you drag a URL, it highlights.

The different types are so that apps can indicate whether they support the type.

As far as the docs, the entry is describing what the constant represents. It represents a URL. Just as the TEXT_FORMAT entry indicates it represents a string.

If you want to know how those APIs can be used, there is more in depth documentation in other parts of the docs.

mike chambers

mesh@adobe.com

]]> By: Steven Sacks http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/16/airhead-what-exactly-is-clipboardformatsurl_format/comment-page-1/#comment-48590 Steven Sacks Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:59:10 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=393#comment-48590 Ok, so that explains how other applications receive a drag from AIR, but that has nothing to do with AIR or Actionscript having to check it. Can you provide an example of how that would be used in a way that TEXT_FORMAT couldn't? I also don't understand why the documentation is 3 words. Ok, so that explains how other applications receive a drag from AIR, but that has nothing to do with AIR or Actionscript having to check it.

Can you provide an example of how that would be used in a way that TEXT_FORMAT couldn’t?

I also don’t understand why the documentation is 3 words.

]]> By: mike chambers http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/09/16/airhead-what-exactly-is-clipboardformatsurl_format/comment-page-1/#comment-48589 mike chambers Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:43:15 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/?p=393#comment-48589 It is a constant that indicates that the item being dragged can be represented as a URL. For example, on Mac, if you drag an item with ClipboardFormats.URL_FORMAT to a Safari icon, it will highlight the icon (since safari supports URLS), but if you drop it on Mail, the icon wont highlight. mike chambers mesh@adobe.com It is a constant that indicates that the item being dragged can be represented as a URL. For example, on Mac, if you drag an item with ClipboardFormats.URL_FORMAT to a Safari icon, it will highlight the icon (since safari supports URLS), but if you drop it on Mail, the icon wont highlight.

mike chambers

mesh@adobe.com

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