Re: Using drag and drop to set where data should be saved

Jim Lesurf <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to be able to have some of my ROX apps use drag-and-drop to
> set where generated results are to be saved. Alas I am still clueless
about
> Python. And my programs tend to be in 'C'. So I'd welcome some help with
> the following.
> 
> I have found the tutorial example at
> 
> http://roscidus.com/desktop/Tutorials/Saving
> 
> and that makes sense. (It is also a lot easier than my struggles to work
> out how to use this on a more 'primitive' level with GTK+ in 'C' !  :-) )
> 
> However the above isn't quite want I need for two reasons.
> 
> 1) It generates a limited amount of data first, then saves it using the
> drag-and-drop.
> 
> 2) The entire example is in Python.

What you want is ROX-CLib http://roscidus.com/desktop/ROX-CLib and the
GtkSavebox widget it provides.

The AppFactory source code contains an example of using GtkSavebox, see the
begin_save() function.

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