I'll reply in more detail tomorrow, as I am at home.

> I throw the data i want dropped into an object for dragndrop. Then 
> when i drop I know what iam getting as i include the table and record 
> numbers. Where i dragged it from(process,form,object) are also 
> included. Made my listbox drag an drop so much easier to handle and 
> very generic.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 12, 2019, at 3:06 PM, Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech 
>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am dragging and dropping 1 or more records from 1 process onto a 
>> listbox in a second process.
>> 
>> I see that I can use the pasteboard to mange the data during this 
>> action.
>> 
>> However....(dragging 1 record)
>> I am looking at the data types returned by GET PASTEBOARD DATA TYPE
>> com.4d.private.pid & com.4d.private.Form.Object -- neither of these 
>> makes much sense to me.
>> 
>> By using GET PASTEBOARD DATA i get a blob which is either
>> 4 bytes (com.4d.private.pid)
>> or
>> 524 bytes (com.4d.private.object.form)
>> 
>> I do not know what to do with either of these blocks of data... can 
>> someone point me in the right direction.
>> 
>> The drop area is allowed to accept data from 5 different tables.
>> I need to be able to differentiate which table the data is from, & 
>> which record(s) were dropped.
>> 
>> Once I have which ever of the above data types hand, what do I do with 
>> them to extract the needed information.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Chip
>> 
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