Example project left a file in the Trash !

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DragToFinder.xojo_binary_project in Xojo’s Examples folder.

Run it and drag the txt into a Finder’s window (have to work XPlatform).

Quit, Shutdown, reboot and open your Trash then cry: you have a copy of the file in it !

How can I avoid that file in the Trash ?

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It’s supposed to be there after a reboot, it’s your computer cleaning up the temporary folder.
Please calm down, there’s no need to make sensational posts every time you discover a new corner of Xojo.

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What an odd little demo, there’s no code I can see that is creating a file at the target of the drop and DragItem.Destination isn’t meant to work outside mac OS but its working on my windows box. Odd

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DragItem.Destination is not working for me. Always Nil.

Emile, I don’t have much experience with Xojo, so I don’t know if it’s possible to delete the temp file created by the demo when you close the app. I think if there is no temp file when you reboot you will not get a copy on Trash

Edit: Emile, I followed your instructions and I don’t see a copy in Trash (sorry, I don’t know what XPlatform is)

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I think DragItem Destination is not working, found some cases:
<https://xojo.com/issue/16831>
<https://xojo.com/issue/21991>

I see that the example InfoLabel changed from:
2017r2.1

to
2017r3

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The drag used in this example can be used as inspiration to drag an image from a Canvas.

From LR:

[code]DragItem.Destination
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Read-Only Property (As Object )

This property is only available on the macOS platform.[/code]
I do not talked about that (I do not even undestand what it is meant to do).

Drag an image from a Canvas to the Finder / Explorer / Linux desktop (?) works fine, but leaves (macOS, I do not searched on the two other platforms) a copy of the file in the Temporary folder. That clone file appears in the Trash after a reboot.

XPlatform: Multiple platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows).

Some weeks ago, someone in this forum was talking about files leaving by an application (his application) in the Trash or in a folder / somewhere in the user’s hard disk and none was telling about sensation…

More or less.

If you put a file in the temporary folder, yes, this is how the OS works.

But I do not want to spoil the user’s hard disk with files generated by my application.

That said, there are only two cases:
a. No one add the drop to Finder / Explorer / Whatever name for Linux feature,
b. No one care about that.

This is a bit strange for a 20 years old software, but probably only for me.

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Emile, sorry that I talked about DragItem Destination. It is not related to your problem just related to the Example code.

I wanted to reproduce your issue, but I was not able to do it. The only thing I have in Trash is an empty Recovered Files folder. I’m using 10.12.6

I wanted to reproduce the problem and try to use f.Delete at the end of the MouseDown event to see if there is any change. Maybe you can try it.

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That’s what’s being discussed. It’s really not a big deal, it comes around The Circle of Topics™ every once in a while.