The target area displays a short message with a specific color background. This is mostly related to the basic behavior configuration. Here is a table of the 9 recognized basic behavior configurations, with the impact on the target area display: Basic behaviors 6, 7 and 8 are disabled in the freeware version.
Table of D&Do behavior types
No |
Behavior Name |
Background Color |
Displayed Text |
Basic Behavior Description |
0 |
Null |
Red |
no text |
It accepts drops and puts them in its drop list but does nothing else. This list is copied to the clipboard once the target area is clicked. |
1 |
No Drop |
Gray |
DO |
It accepts data from the clipboard only. D&Do activity is triggered from a click on the target area. |
2 |
Drop Express |
Light Green |
no text |
D&Do activity is triggered from a valid object that has been dropped into the target area. |
3 |
Drop Do |
Light Green |
DO |
If another object is dropped, it replaces the previous drop. D&Do activity is triggered from a click on the target area. |
4 |
Drops Do |
Pink |
DO |
Dropped objects are added to the drop list. This list will be part of one argument as a list. D&Do activity is triggered from a click on the target area. |
5 |
Drops Do 1by1 |
Pink |
BY1 |
Dropped objects are added to the drop list. This list will be part of one argument, one item at a time. D&Do activity is triggered from a click on the target area. |
6 |
TDrops Do |
Cyan |
DO ID= xxxx |
Each accepted drop is tagged, until the last tag is reached. Extra drops will be part of one argument as a list. D&Do activity is triggered from a click on the target area. |
7 |
TDrops Do 1by1 |
Cyan |
BY1 ID= xxxx |
Each accepted drop is tagged, until the last tag is reached. Extra drops will be part of one argument, one item at a time. D&Do activity is triggered from a click on the target area. |
8 |
TDrops Express |
Cyan |
ID= xxxx |
Each accepted drop is tagged, until the last tag is reached; the last event triggers the D&Do activity. |
Table of D&Do Behavior Types
Note: xxxx is the placeholder for the tag name to be associated with the next drop; it hints to the type of drop D&Do expects. yyyy is the placeholder for a message that hints to the type of drops D&Do expects for untagged drops.
Once the D&Do activity is triggered; the message "WAIT" is displayed until it has completed its task or a time-out has reached. At that point, the "DONE" message is flashed once on the target area and then it returns to its initial display (see Note) or it displays "DONE". If an error is detected, the background color will flash yellow for a brief moment. It will flash also if an invalid object type has been dropped onto the target area.
Note: It returns to the initial display if the loaded metascript instructs D&Do to clear its drop list automatically (see Metascript Reference) except when an error is detected.
The target area is highly versatile:
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