(j3.2006) Fwd: FORTRAN input from the mouse

[Rafik Zurob]

Hi John

I'm not sure how to capture mouse events in Windows (how does one do it in 
C?), but I think what he's looking for is unrelated to mouse events. 
Windows passes the names of any files you drag onto a program as command 
line arguments to the program.  Similarly, if you add a program to a 
context menu (Open, Send To, ..., etc), things are just passed to it as 
command line arguments.  So he can get the file names to copy via 
Fortran's get_command_argument.

Regards

Rafik

j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org wrote on 13/06/2013 03:57:48 AM:

> From: John Reid <John.Reid at stfc.ac.uk>
> To: fortran standards email list for J3 <j3 at j3-fortran.org>, 
> Date: 13/06/2013 04:32 AM
> Subject: (j3.2006) Fwd: FORTRAN input from the mouse
> Sent by: j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Can anyone help me to reply to this message? I could just say that what 
> he wants is outside the scope of the standard, but would like to make a 
> helpful suggestion.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John.
> 
> ----- Message from <pat.ward at optusnet.com.au> on Thu, 13 Jun 2013 
> 13:51:14 +1000 -----
> 
> To:
> 
> John Reid <j.k.reid at rl.ac.uk>
> 
> Subject:
> 
> FORTRAN input from the mouse
> 
> Dear John,
> Does FORTRAN allow input from a mouse, e.g., via a READ statement, 
> or OPEN statement? 
> 
> For example, in Windows explorer, it is possible to right-click on a
> file and then select a FORTRAN executable from the menu that 
> appears. Can this FORTRAN program be made to capture whatever the 
> mouse sends (e.g., capture the name of the file, or whatever the 
> mouse transmits)? 
> 
> Here is the context of my problem:
> I have been writing a FORTRAN program to copy large files because I 
> got frustrated with the native Windows copy utility. 
> My program works fine, but I have to supply it with a text file 
> containing a list of the files to be copied, and their destinations.
> This seems a very cumbersome to get the information into FORTRAN. 
> Each time I move to a different folder I have to create a new file 
> list. It would be more efficient if I could get it to work via mouse
> clicks (e.g., something like the way the Notepad is able to open any 
file). 
> 
> Information out there about FORTRAN input seems restricted to input 
> from a file or the keyboard. I cannot find anything about input from
> a mouse. I have tried a few forums with no success.
> 
> Regards
> Pat Ward
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