RE: [GD-Windows] Drag and drop from Outlook Express

[Jon W. <hp...@mi...>]

I think Outlook may be using OLE/COM drag-and-drop data interchange,
which is rather nastier (as far as I can find) than the regular file-
and-message-based drag-and-drop that I'm sure you're using now.

I just did a search again, and searching for IDropTarget and
RegisterDragDrop seems to be the start of the documentation yarn ball
for this topic.

Cheers,

			/ h+

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gam...@li...
> [mailto:gam...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Pierre Terdiman
> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 1:39 PM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: [GD-Windows] Drag and drop from Outlook Express
>
>
> I'd like to be able to drag-and-drop mails from Outlook Express directly
> into my app. I've already implemented drag-and-drop from files to
> a running
> app in the past, it worked fine. But I'm not sure how to do that
> with mails
> from Outlook.
>
> When I drag a mail from Outlook to, say the Windows desktop,
> cursor changes
> to the little "+" indicating drop is possible. Then a file is created, say
> Mail.eml.
>
> However, if I drag that same mail over my app (which otherwise supports
> drag-and-drop of other files), the cursor doesn't change and nothing
> happens.
>
> So I guess there's something missing to enable that kind of interaction.
> Ideally I'd like to get back the eml file(s) directly into my
> app, even if I
> have to create them myself from whatever I get from Outlook when the drop
> occurs...
>
> Ideas ?
>
> Cheers :)
> Pierre
>
>
>
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