How to simulate dragging a Save dialogue to another application.
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The Drag option in the Icon click window allows you to perform a 
simulated 'drag' operation from standard save type dialogue boxes 
to another application's window.

To set this up you must have first pop up the save dialogue box in question
using a Open dialogue command or as the example shows below, using a F3
simulated Key press.

Then perform a Move mouse command to set the mouse pointer at the window or
icon you wish the drag operation to finish on (assuming of course that the
destination window is already open!)

Then finally perform the 'drag' icon click operation on the Save icon in
the Save dialogue box.

Tutorial
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This example shows how to perform a Drag save operation.

Load in Edit and bring up two blank Edit windows by performing two select
mouse button click on the Edit icon on the Iconbar.

Reduce the size of these Edit windows but keep them side by side and
visible.

Type some text into the left hand Edit window.

Choose a Keystroke key combination - F1?
Highlight the Insert text option and type in :

\F3\

(This will bring up the 'Save as' dialogue box as Edit normally uses F3 to
do this.)

Click on the New icon and highlight the Move option.

Click the 'Set ptr' option and drag the 'Drag to set' icon to the right
hand Edit window.

Set the Link option on.

(This will move the mouse pointer to where the saved file is to be placed.)

Click on the New icon and highlight the 'Icon click' option.

Make sure the left hand Edit window has the 'input focus' by clicking
inside the window with the Select button and press F1.

(This will cause the 'Save as' box to appear and the mouse pointer will
move over the right hand Edit window.)

Now position the mouse pointer over the Text Sprite icon inside the 'Save
as' box and press the two shift keys at the same time.

Keystroke will now contain the technical details of the 'Save as' box.

Finally highlight the Link and Drag option.

The Keystroke sequence is now set. 

To try it out first make sure the left hand Edit window has the 'input
focus' by clicking inside the window with the Select button and press F1.

On pressing F1 the contents of the left hand Edit window will be
automatically 'dragged' into the right hand window!



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Note: If you want to 'drag' a filer file onto an application then due to RISCOS
limitations this can only be done via the Filer Copy operation which pops up
a 'Copy as' dialogue box which can then be 'dragged' to the destination of your
choice as described above.




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