Grid - drag file from Explorer to insert URL to file

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

I have a grid that displays rows of data, where there are 5 columns that require input. I’d like to create a function to allow a user to drag a file from an Explorer window to a cell, which will result in the cell having a URL to the file’s location.

Example:

user drags a file named “Example.pdf” from “C:\Folder” into some cell. That cell value will now read “C:\Folder\Example.pdf” as a clickable URL. Coltype would already be “link” of course.

I’m debating what the best/simplest method to accomplish this would be. I would appreciate any suggestions or input.

#2

Unfortunately such feature is not supported in dhtmlxGrid.

#3

I was worried about that. After investigating several methods of accomplishing the act of retrieving the filepath/url of a file… no solution seemed to be able to be implemented into a grid cell.

Thank you for confirming my suspicions. I’ll have to find another way to accomplish this feat. Possibly via a different component than grid.