The status line displays either
An immediate message (mostly a confirmation message) is always displayed after a user action (except for a valid drop action that does not trigger the D&Do activity). Possible user actions are:
Note: This immediate message is not retrievable once another message is displayed.
The last drop item is displayed immediately after a valid desktop screen object has been dropped on the target area. You get a full view of the list through the status line tool-tip. Once you do a single click of the status line, the first drop (number 0) of the list is displayed. Do it again and the next drop is displayed; this way, you circle through the list.
An appropriate immediate message is displayed as soon as the D&Do activity is completed. It is a summarized report of the activity. However, the progress of the activity has resulted into many messages, they are all kept in a message list. You get a full view of the list through the status line tool-tip. Once you do a single click on the status line, the first message (number 0) of the list is displayed. Do it again and the next message is displayed; this way, you circle through the list.
With a right-click on the status line, you can toggle the display from drops to messages (and back) with a right-click on the status line. Here is a summary of the possible mouse actions on the status line:
Each message has the following format:
XXX: message text
The XXX is a placeholder for a message type mnemonic. The possible values are:
Each displayed message from a message list is preceded by its item number (0 for the first message).
The drop item display has the following format on the status line:
nn TTT dddddddd
For example, if you have dropped the C:\Docs\myCv.pdf file into the target area, you will see the following on the status line (the first time display after a user action is an immediate message):
3 FIL C:\Docs\myCv.pdf
On the tool-tip and on the status line after an immediate message, it will be displayed as:
3 C:\Docs\myCv.pdf
There are three types of drops:
The list is cleared either automatically or with the help of the popup menu command: "Clear List". While D&Do has the focus of the desktop, the list is also cleared when a specific character is keyed in. This character is specified in the dragdo.ini file; the default value is "x".
Copyright (c) 2003 Marcel St-Amant