Drag 'n' Drop Between Instances

English Feature Requests
1

As mAirList seems to use “explorer” style drag ‘n’ drop, I was surprised to find that you can’t drop items from 1 instance of mAirList into another… eg: Playlist/Browser item from mAirList.exe 1 over to exe 2 on a 2nd screen running as a pure cartwall.

My next screen layout was 3 Players and 1 Playlist on 1 EXE, and the Browser and Cartwall on EXE 2 (across 2 screens)… But as I can’t drag between instances, this won’t work ;(

2

If it is not possible to add such a function to mAirList, would it be possible to split the browser to a separate monitor from 1 instance of mAirlist?

As examples:

2 Monitors
Monitor 1=Playlist & Players
Monitor 2=Cartwall and Browser

3 Monitors
Monitor 1=Playlist & Players
Monitor 2 = Cartwall
Monitor 3 = Browser

Or any further suggested options.

3

Drag & drop within once instance is fairly easy, as one component (e.g. the playlist) can easily the access the memory where the other component (e.g. one of the browser windows) holds its data. And they can easily communicate with each other, just like “hey browser, pass me that playlist item!”.

Drag & drop between instances is quite complicated thing, as you have two (similar but yet separate) programs communicating with each other. You have to use the Windows API (i.e., OLE/COM) for this. I have never done that before, but it’s surely possible.

Torben

4

Ah, well I tried moving objects out of the 1024x768 pixel range, hoping that the 1 instance of mAirList would spread over to the 2nd screen - But, alas, it just puts a scrollbar on the 1st screen and you have to drag it to alter the view.

Here’s the view I was aiming for - these are 2 copies of mAirList, btw.


Screen 1 - click for a larger view
Screen 2 - click for a larger view

PS: Dual-head graphics cards are very cheap on eBay. I have 2 twin-screen systems here, and the cards are around £25 for a 64MB one.

5

But you need a second TFT :wink:

6

Hi Charlie, any chance of the layouts?

Kind Regards Tony

7

Torben,
TFTs are fairly cheap if you know where to look. £80 for a 15", and about £100-110 for a 17" … aria.co.uk and ebuyer.com are good for prices, and I use aria most of the time.

Tony,
Layouts are available here:

http://www.supplydj.com/layout4.zip
http://www.supplydj.com/layout5.zip

8

Thanks Charlie

9

Hi Charlie, in screen shot 1 (layout 4), how have you disabled the browser/

Kind Regards Tony

10

Not so much “disabled” - More like: “covered up” :wink:

[Browser] Left=685 Top=130 Width=330 Height=580

It’s there, just that the playlist is bigger.

11

Thanks Charlie, layout.ini has lots have changes.
Tony