Drag and Drop files onto a VB form 1

[jmarler]

Here's the basic idea . . . I want to be able to select a group of icons in Windows Explorer and then drag and drop them into/onto an open form in a running VB application. The application should then automatically know what files were selected and process them.
If I remember correctly, there is a set of APIs that will enable a VB form to intercept the OS message for the Drag and Drop, but I do not remember what they are or how to use them.
Anyone here ever try this before and if so, I'd love to know how you did it. Thanks for the info! - Jeff Marler

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[edderic]

Drag Files From Windows To A Form, And Get Their Full Path
If you will drag c:\autoexec.bat and c:\setup.ini to your form, on the form will be printed:
c:\autoexec.bat
c:\setup.ini

You can do the same with other control, for example, let the user drag files to picture box, list box and so on.



Preparations
Set the Form OLEDropMode Property to 1 - manual

Form Code
Private Sub Form_OLEDragDrop(Data As DataObject, Effect As Long , _
Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single )
For i = 1 To Data.Files.Count
Print Data.Files(i)
Next i
End Sub
Eric De Decker
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[jmarler]

Thanks Eric . . . that is exactly what I needed. - Jeff Marler

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