open files with sketch

robotman2412

hi! i'm trying to make a sketch that can open files via open with. i want to use this for my COMP sketch (collection of parts eg. name1>name2,name3). can anyone help me? thanks in advance.

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

Use selectInput().

kfrajer

https://processing.org/reference/selectInput_.html

Kf

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

@kfrajer I linked the page myself.

kfrajer

Great! I didn't notice. My bad.

Kf

robotman2412

i mean that you right click a file somewhere and do open with>your sketch and that it can handle that remotely

kfrajer

it can handle that remotely

Going back to your previous post, it is not clear what you want to do. I suggest you provide some code showing your attempt. What do you mean with remotely?

Kf

robotman2412

i want to right click a file, then do open with...>your sketch and do something like: void onOpenWith(String filePath) { //load the file }

robotman2412

i don't have code yet, and i know how selectInput works also, i want it to work in the export

GoToLoop

Dunno whether there's such library for Java. You'd have to look that up. I-)
But your 2nd best option is Processing's library Drop: :-bd
http://Transfluxus.GitHub.io/drop/

robotman2412

it is useful, but it doesn't handle file>open with...>sketch

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

That wouldn't be any library to do that. Depending on the OS, there are different ways to do that. I've tried many times, but it just wouldn't work on Windows 8.1. In Windows, AFAIK, there are registery keys or something like that which handles which extensions are opened by which programs. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working with any of the .exe files exported by Processing, or even any .jar files I have made. I believe that it is some problem within Windows 8.1 because I can get it to work with something like start sketchname.exe - "img.jpg", the String "img.jpg" is forwarded to the Processing sketch (you can access arguments passed in using args array of Strings available inside setup).

GoToLoop

https://forum.Processing.org/two/discussion/6457/how-to-use-arguments-with-an-application-built-with-processing

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

Apparently, according to that discussion, if I create a shortcut it will work.

That discussion has a lot more information than this, so I vote that we shift to that and close this in order to prevent duplicated efforts.

robotman2412

i'll try doing that EDIT: i tried, but it just won't work for me

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

Not even the shortcut method? I don't remember if it works for me, I'll check and tell you.

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

You might wanna look at this - http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0592.html

robotman2412

nop. im developing on mac so that won't work for me.

jeremydouglass

This sounds like a macOS / Finder question. Once you have exported a processing sketch in app format, You can configure the app package contents to register itself for certain file types:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/15030/how-can-i-add-a-new-application-to-the-open-with-menu

robotman2412

too bad my laptop broke, so i cant implement it

kfrajer

This could be relevant to open with...>your sketch for Windows users

https://github.com/processing/processing/blob/master/app/src/processing/app/platform/WindowsPlatform.java#L136

Kf

Keyword: kf_keyword open-with MME file-association associate-file

robotman2412

yes, but how does the sketch find out wich file to open?