Difference between revisions of "love.filedropped"

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function love.filedropped(file)
 
function love.filedropped(file)
 
     local data = file:read()
 
     local data = file:read()
 +
    print("Content of " .. file:getFilename() .. ' is')
 
     print(data)
 
     print(data)
 +
    print("End of file")
 
end
 
end
 
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Revision as of 00:00, 15 February 2019

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Callback function triggered when a file is dragged and dropped onto the window.

Function

Synopsis

love.filedropped( file )

Arguments

DroppedFile file
The unopened File object representing the file that was dropped.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples

Read and print the file, drag-and-dropped to love window.

function love.filedropped(file)
    local data = file:read()
    print("Content of " .. file:getFilename() .. ' is')
    print(data)
    print("End of file")
end

Notes

File:open must be called on the file before reading from or writing to it. File:getFilename will return the full platform-dependent path to the file.

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