wxFileDataObject(3erl)

✨ wxFileDataObject(3erl) ✨

okay so welcome to wxFileDataObject(3erl), bestie — this is an Erlang Module Definition page and the whole vibe is “file names but make it wxWidgets.” 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

wxFileDataObject — Functions for wxFileDataObject class. yes, that’s the name, short and iconic 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

wxFileDataObject is a specialization of wxDataObject for file names. The program works with it just as if it were a list of absolute file names, but internally it uses the same format as Explorer and other compatible programs under Windows or GNOME/KDE file manager under Unix which makes it possible to receive files from them using this class. no cap, that’s the whole trick ✨

See: wxDataObject, wxDataObjectSimple (not implemented in wx), wxTextDataObject, wxBitmapDataObject, wxDataObject.

This class is derived (and can use functions) from: wxDataObject

wxWidgets docs: wxFileDataObject

🧬 DATA TYPES 🧬

One data type, one little guy:

wxFileDataObject() = wx:wx_object()

🚀 EXPORTS 🚀

new() -> wxFileDataObject()

Constructor. literally the birth of the object, slay 🎀

addFile(This, File) -> ok

Types

• This = wxFileDataObject()
• File = unicode:chardata()

Adds a file to the file list represented by this data object (Windows only).

Windows only, bestie 🪟 — do not expect this one to show up on your Unix setup.

getFilenames(This) -> [unicode:charlist()]

Types

• This = wxFileDataObject()

Returns the array of file names.

destroy(This :: wxFileDataObject()) -> ok

Destroys the object. bye-bye, object 💀💖

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mwah 💋 shoutout to the wxWidgets team — the source/version situation says wx 2.2.2.1, the footer tag is wxFileDataObject(3erl), and there’s no separate date on the page, so no invented timestamp, periodt 🌈🫶