Dragging and Dropping from Thunderbird Gives Error

pissant · Post by **pissant** » 15 May 2006 22:20

When I drag-and-drop an attached file from an email message in Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 to an Explorer window, the file is correctly placed in the directory shown, even if the file already exists there. (And if it exists, of course, I am prompted as to whether or not to allow an overwrite.)

When I do the same with XYplorer 4.60.0031, whether or not the file already exists in the folder being dragged to, I get this error:

Cannot copy file: Cannot read from the source file or disk.

Also strange and annoying is the fact that the file being dragged gets extracted to the root directory of C: in this case.

pissant · Post by **pissant** » 10 Jun 2006 21:10

Just FYI ... I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass ... This still happens with 5.00.0020.

Post by **admin** » 11 Jun 2006 10:50

pissant wrote:Just FYI ... I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass ... This still happens with 5.00.0020.

I had hoped you forget about it

It's on my list.

Creat · Post by **Creat** » 11 Jun 2006 23:38

Oh I know this error message, I see it quite often actually.

For me it usualy happens when I copy some files around (meaning: some file operation is in progress) and I drag some mp3 files to the winamp or it's playlist. But also not all the time (especially after it appeared once). The drag&drop reaches winamp though.

Anothe peculiar thing while we're at it.
Let's say I'm copying a folder named "Something big", and drag&drop "Someband - Somealbum" (a folder) onto winamp, I often see a message like:
This folder already contains a folder named "Something big". [the usual error message you get for moving a folder to some place where a folder with the same name already exists]

But I didn't touch the "Something big" folders, I only dragged the mp3 folder onto winamp (which starts to play instantly, btw...)
I don't know what happens if I say yes, yes to all or no, I mostly hit cancel. I don't think that anything happens, but I don't know for sure. This message also only appears once.

Hope this helps for tracking the thing

bye
Creat

Post by **admin** » 12 Jun 2006 08:35

Creat wrote:Oh I know this error message, I see it quite often actually.

For me it usualy happens...

Hm, I never see this message. I don't have Thunderbird, but I have WinAmp: can you describe a sure way to generate the message?

Creat · Post by **Creat** » 14 Jun 2006 02:02

well for me what always works is this:
move a big file (or files) to some location, while that is going on just drag&drop a few MP3s onto an already running WinAmp. This only works once for every file operation I think thoug. So for every try you need to start the move again (I usualy copy from a network drive, not sure if that makes any difference though)
This is for the replacement message though, I can only recall that I've seen the message pissant described like that as well, though it's been some time. Maybe it doesn't occur this way anymore due to soeme code change. But you should at least be able to reproduce the one I described.

bye
Creat

Post by **admin** » 14 Jun 2006 12:10

Creat wrote:well for me what always works is this

Not for me. Sorry, but I just can't generate any of the bugs.

I did not install Thunderbird yet, since I doubt that Thunderbird is a relevant factor here. Or can any other user of Thunderbird confirm the bug?

Creat · Post by **Creat** » 14 Jun 2006 14:59

admin wrote:I did not install Thunderbird yet, since I doubt that Thunderbird is a relevant factor here. Or can any other user of Thunderbird confirm the bug?

nope, don't have thunderbird either...
I can try to mak a small video for you later, but now I need to leave for uni

You need to ask pissant about his error though, since I don't know how to generate it.

bye
Creat

Post by **admin** » 14 Jun 2006 15:09

No need for video. I believe you without it.

In the meantime i did some internal code improvements in that area that *might* clear the case... wait for the next upload.

JustinF · Post by **JustinF** » 15 Jun 2006 14:22

admin wrote:In the meantime i did some internal code improvements in that area that *might* clear the case... wait for the next upload.

I, too, could reproduce the drag/drop error with Thunderbird. Your latest version (5.00.0021) seems to have fixed it...for me, anyway. Good job!

pissant · Post by **pissant** » 15 Jun 2006 16:52

It's not fixed here, and I'm running 5.00.0021. What actually happens is that sometimes, the drag-and-drop works fine, but usually, the same error I pointed out before occurs. I can't tell why the error occurs some times, but not others.

If I had tested it just one time after installing 5.00.0021, I might have come back and declared it fixed, too.

Post by **admin** » 16 Jun 2006 09:01

pissant wrote:I can't tell why the error occurs some times, but not others.

When you happen see any pattern let me know, please.

pissant · Post by **pissant** » 20 Jun 2006 00:20

I'm really sorry to say this, but (having seen that you tried addressing the issue again) I tried 5.00.0023, and the problem is still very much there. I'm just mentioning this as an FYI, not to "be on your ass" or anything even remotely like that.

Post by **admin** » 20 Jun 2006 08:41

pissant wrote:I'm really sorry to say this...

You should be more sorry to be a Thunderbird user with a problem...

pissant · Post by **pissant** » 21 Jun 2006 17:29

admin wrote:
pissant wrote:I'm really sorry to say this...
You should be more sorry to be a Thunderbird user with a problem...

I'm not sure what that means. I used to use PocoMail, and had plenty of problems with that thing. Support absolutely sucked, too, and bug fixes were about as easy to obtain as ten winning lottery tickets in a row.