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Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 05:35
by flyingrhino
Drag a file from xy v12.10 to skype v6.2.59.106 chat window and the file doesn't get 'dropped'. The same action works from windows file explorer.
I am using win 7 enterprise.

Cheers,

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 08:27
by admin
Thanks for the info.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 13:26
by william
Appears to be the Skype version. I dragged & dropped from XY all the time until it quit working when I updated Skype to 6.3.0.105 just a week or so ago. Continues to work w/all other apps I've had occasion to drag&drop to.

I tried reverting to various XY versions between 11.90 and 12.30 but made no difference. It DOES work again after downgrading to Skype 5 from http://www.oldversion.com/windows/skype/. Flipped back & forth between versions a couple of times to confirm this is what breaks & fixes it, at least on my box (Vista Home Prem SP2). It did work on Skype 6.1.0.129 that I had previously, but I couldn't find any prior version between 6.3 and 5 online.

In Skype, you can disable automatic updating in tools>options>advanced>automatic updates.
~William

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 14:09
by admin
Again: Thanks for the info.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 22:46
by flyingrhino
Trying the latest skype 6.3.59.105 with latest xy 12.30.0200 and still doesn't work
However windows explorer , cubic explorer and a43 explrer all work drag/drop with the same skype version...
Maybe try xy v10 or low 11's ?

So something is not friendly between xy and skype :(

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 02 May 2013 08:44
by admin
Can't help it ATM.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 02 May 2013 12:16
by william
As I noted above, the problem was not caused by any change in XY and can't be fixed by downgrading to older versions, but was caused by something different in the latest versions of Skype 6. Skype 6 does appear to work OK with XY using the "SSE" version of Skype, https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12252, but not with 6.3.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 19 May 2013 21:14
by Joss
The same problem with the skype (W8 64, as Administrator). Directory Opus works fine with skype.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 19 May 2013 21:26
by admin
I'm aware of it.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 19 May 2013 21:29
by Joss
Do you have plans to fix it? I'll plan to buy tomorrow LT license and this issue is showstopper for me. Thanks.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 19 May 2013 21:33
by admin
I would like to fix it, but at the moment I don't know how. So, plans = yes, ways = no.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 19 May 2013 23:15
by j_c_hallgren
Joss wrote:Do you have plans to fix it? I'll plan to buy tomorrow LT license and this issue is showstopper for me. Thanks.
Given all the benefits that the LT license has and that it's not available otherwise, I'd suggest you do it anyway because I suspect that when you look at the entire FM picture, XY still has enough now to make it worthwhile.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 20 May 2013 08:49
by admin
Later this week I'll install Skype and check it.

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 22 May 2013 08:22
by admin
To whom it may concern: Does this workaround work here as well?

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download ("<get drop>", ,"i");
(Of course, wherever the workaround works, fixing the thing would be a matter of minutes...)

Re: Drag/drop out of xy to skype file transfer doesn't work

Posted: 22 May 2013 13:51
by william
??? Don't understand how that's relevant to dragging OUT of XY and dropping onto Skype. Where do I put the code to test it?