[6.50.0003] Broken: Catalog, Program, Drag and Drop

[TheQwerty]

Seems the addition of parameters and requiring of quoting the path has broken dragging files to a program to do an Open Selected Item(s) With.

Ctrl+Shift+Click works as a replacement, but could we get drag and drop support back?

[admin]

Works here. How does your catalog item look?

[TheQwerty]

These show the icon, work via context menu, but not drag and drop. Opens a single instance.
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe" -m
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe" -m <items>

These don't show the icon and don't work at all (which should be correct)
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe -m
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe -m <items>

This shows the icon, works via menu and drag and drop, and opens a single instance for all files.
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe"

This shows the icon, works via menu and drag and drop, but opens separate instances for each file.
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe


Some more:

Doesn't show the icon and doesn't work at all (expected)
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe <items>

Shows the icon, works via menu, does not work via drag and drop, and opens separate instances for each file.
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe" <items>

EDIT: Tried with 6.50.0004 and same results.

[admin]

These show the icon, work via context menu, but not drag and drop. Opens a single instance.
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe" -m
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe" -m <items>

These don't show the icon and don't work at all (which should be correct)
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe -m
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe -m <items>

This shows the icon, works via menu and drag and drop, and opens a single instance for all files.
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe"

This shows the icon, works via menu and drag and drop, but opens separate instances for each file.
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe


Some more:

Doesn't show the icon and doesn't work at all (expected)
C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe <items>

Shows the icon, works via menu, does not work via drag and drop, and opens separate instances for each file.
"C:\program files\textpad 4\textpad.exe" <items>

EDIT: Tried with 6.50.0004 and same results.

Ah, dropping on items with params... the user is ahead of the maker...

Hmhm... looks a bit like a can of worms I opened here with params... It might be wiser to go back one step and do not allow them in catalog. Enter meditation mode...

[TheQwerty]

Ah, dropping on items with params... the user is ahead of the maker...

Hmhm... looks a bit like a can of worms I opened here with params... It might be wiser to go back one step and do not allow them in catalog. Enter meditation mode...

Awww... Why can't it function just like the Open With UDC? (Which is working absolutely marvelously!)

Well, if you give us the ability to add UDCs to the Catalog, I guess I can live with the Catalog not working the way I want for now.


EDIT: Also, without any parameters shouldn't drag and drop work the same as Open Selected Item(s) With, in that it should structure it as a single call? Or have you decided to have them function differently?

[admin]

Ah, dropping on items with params... the user is ahead of the maker...

Hmhm... looks a bit like a can of worms I opened here with params... It might be wiser to go back one step and do not allow them in catalog. Enter meditation mode...

Awww... Why can't it function just like the Open With UDC? (Which is working absolutely marvelously!)

Well, if you give us the ability to add UDCs to the Catalog, I guess I can live with the Catalog not working the way I want for now.


EDIT: Also, without any parameters shouldn't drag and drop work the same as Open Selected Item(s) With, in that it should structure it as a single call? Or have you decided to have them function differently?

In theory: yes; in practice: almost yes. For certain reasons drag'n'drop takes a partly different route, hence the differences you noted. But it all will work out.
However, I have to add one thing to the catalog item properties to make it work reliably for all cases! Namely a single/multi-instance option just as in UDC. Reason: behavior here is also controlled by the called apps, so the user must decide/find out which setting works for him.

[TheQwerty]

In theory: yes; in practice: almost yes. For certain reasons drag'n'drop takes a partly different route, hence the differences you noted. But it all will work out.
However, I have to add one thing to the catalog item properties to make it work reliably for all cases! Namely a single/multi-instance option just as in UDC. Reason: behavior here is also controlled by the called apps, so the user must decide/find out which setting works for him.

I was beginning to wonder why that option hadn't made it into the catalog.

All of that sounds absolutely perfect though!