Frank: Thanks! I now understand the different data types. I had only used the drag and drop with text before this. I appreciate your help. Regards,
Jack ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Cazabon [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Drag filespec from Windows Explorer to a listbox There's a white paper here which mentions dropping from Explorer: http://www.aksel.com/whitepapers/dragdrop.htm Frank. Frank Cazabon Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions www.SamaanSystems.com Referrals are important to us. If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, please contact me. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. On 19/08/2010 04:48 PM, Jack Skelley wrote: > Frank: > Thanks for the suggestion. > I looked through the samples and could not find a an example. There were > drag/drop items but not from an external source. > I have done drag and drop between listboxes on a form but not from an > external program to a listbox. > I did notice that I could drag a file from the Explorer and drop in in the > project manager and the drop put the file in the correct category. Example a > JPG went to the 'other files' section of the project manager. Now the issue > is how did 'they' do it. > I also searched the archives and found nothing on this topic. > Regards, > > Jack > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Frank Cazabon [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Drag filespec from Windows Explorer to a listbox > > Hi Jack, > > I've never done it, but I know there are a few examples of drag and drop > in the solution.app which you would find in c:\program files\microsoft > visual foxpro 9\samples\solution > > Frank. > > Frank Cazabon > Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions > www.SamaanSystems.com > > Referrals are important to us. > If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, please contact me. > We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. > > > On 19/08/2010 04:16 PM, Jack Skelley wrote: >> Let's try again with a subject... >> Good Afternoon All: >> I'm trying to drag a file out of Windows Explorer (Win XP Pro) and drop the >> file in a listbox and have the filename be added as an item. >> When I use the getfile() construct I have zero issue. So I thought I could >> speed the process up by having the explorer open and drag and drop the file >> in the listbox. >> Can anybody point me in the right direction? >> Thanks! >> Regards, >> Jack Skelley [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/0b957900b2b8194d998a441195b66038390bf9c...@drdsrv03.drdad.thenewarkarena.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
