Drag mix content to InDesign CS6

Question

Hi,
I know we can drag drop file and bitmap content from CS Extension to InDesign which is given here. But I have a different scenerio where I've some mix content shown in Tile list i.e. one image and 3 lables which I need to drag from Panel and drop in InDesign file. There was some dicussion around it in http://forums.adobe.com/message/4154591
I'm trying the way is:
public function handlePureFlashFileDragStart(event:Event):void
               var clip:Clipboard = new Clipboard();
               clip.setData(ClipboardFormats.FILE_LIST_FORMAT, event.currentTarget.selectedItems);
               var allowedActions:NativeDragOptions = new NativeDragOptions();
               allowedActions.allowLink = false;
               NativeDragManager.doDrag(event.currentTarget as InteractiveObject, clip);
But I'm getting the error below
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert __AS3__.vec::Vector.<Object>@2845a731 to Array.
          at flash.desktop::Clipboard/convertFlashFormat()
          at flash.desktop::Clipboard/setData()
          at controllar::ApplicationControllar/handlePureFlashFileDragStart()[/Users/z013j4k/Documents/DCP_Projects_CS6/CatalogPagination/src/controllar/ApplicationControllar.as:67]
          at components::ProductsTab/___ProductsTab_List1_mouseDown()[/Users/z013j4k/Documents/DCP_Projects_CS6/CatalogPagination/src/components/ProductsTab.mxml:9]
          at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
          at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
          at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()[E:\dev\hero_private\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:13128]
          at mx.managers::WindowedSystemManager/mouseEventHandler()[E:\dev\hero_private\frameworks\projects\airframework\src\mx\managers\WindowedSystemManager.as:2344]
I'm not sure how can we get that done . Can some one help me out on this ?
Thanks
Mac

Answer 1

Hi Marc,
I think setData is expecting to be passed an array of File objects (see: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/desktop/Clipboard .html). From the stacktrace it sounds like you're trying to pass in a vector of objects. To debug this I would change the code to simply pass in a new array containing one file irregardless of what is selected in the list, make sure that works, and then try using the selected items. If you do have a vector rather than an array then you can convert it by creating a new array and iterating over the vector elements, adding each to the array.
Hope that helps,
--Louis