Drag and Drop files to upload snag

Question

I am developing a Director projector application that uploads
a users local files to a server via an FTP Xtra. I would like to
have an icon on the desktop that the user can drag-and-drop files
onto and the application automatically uploads the files. I have
created a folder on the desktop and an application that poll it for
content to initiate the upload but the problem with this is that
the user, by dragging files to the folder, will unknowingly move
the files to "upload folder" and they will be removed from their
original locations. This is obviously not what anyone desires. I
would like to have the drag-and-drop trigger the upload from the
file's current location.
One solution that I have implemented is using the "Drag &
Drop Xtra", from Meliora Software, and created a MIAW that looks
like a desktop folder icon. The problem with this is that the icon
is present only when the application is running and I can not keep
it pinned down to the desktop. When it is clicked-on it will come
to the front, like any other application. Is there a way to keep a
MIAW pinned down?
Another POSSIBLE approach would be to place a shortcut to the
application on the desktop and when a file is dropped on it,
capture the file path and pass that along to the Director
application on startup. Is this possible? Is there an Xtra to do
this or does Director have this capability built in?
Ideally, we would like to have a folder on the desktop that
only allows copy-and-paste functionality to itself but that would
be an OS issue and out of the control of Director. Have any of you
created such an app? Any ideas are welcomed.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

> Another POSSIBLE approach would be to place a shortcut
to
> the application on the desktop and when a file is
dropped on it,
> capture the file path and pass that along to the
Director
> application on startup. Is this possible? Is there an
Xtra to do
> this or does Director have this capability built in?
this approach won't work because every time a file is dropped
on the icon a new instance of the projector will run.
To achieve that you need:
1) A Director version prior to MX 2004, Director MX would be
fine.
2) Remove the projector's button from the task bar when it
starts with our Window Xtra:
wndRemoveFromTaskbar(true)
3) Move the projector's window to the background with our
Window Xtra:
WndSetDepth(wndGetMain(),"back")
4) Apply a 1-bit alpha mask to change the projector's shape
to make it looking like an icon, again, with our Window Xtra:
wndTransInit(member "1BitMask",false,false)
5) Leave all the Drag&Drop Xtra code for drop as is.
That's it, it seems MIAW isn't required.