Microsoft KB Archive/185572

= How to get dropped file names by using OLE drag and drop in Visual C++ =

Article ID: 185572

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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This article was previously published under Q185572

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SUMMARY
Traditionally, developers have used the WM_DROPFILES message to handle files dropped from the File Manager or Windows Explorer. This message is sent when the user drops a file on the window of an application that has registered itself as a recipient of dropped files.

OLE drag and drop supports this same functionality. Both techniques involve passing a global HDROP (drop structure handle) from the source to the target. WM_DROPFILES passes this handle in the WPARAM value. OLE drag and drop passes the HDROP with the data object.

This article demonstrates how to get the dropped file names using OLE drag and drop. The information in this article supplements the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

135299 How to add OLE drag-and-drop functionality to a pre-existing MFC application

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MORE INFORMATION
To retrieve the dropped file names from a drop source, modify the sample code included with Microsoft Knowledge Base article 135299 as follows.

Sample code
// OnDrop is called by OLE DLLs when an item is dropped in a window // that is registered with the OLE DLLs. //   BOOL COleEditDropTarget::OnDrop(CWnd* pWnd, COleDataObject* pDataObject,      DROPEFFECT dropEffect, CPoint point ) {   HGLOBAL  hGlobal; LPCSTR  pData;

FORMATETC fmtetc = { CF_HDROP, NULL, DVASPECT_CONTENT, -1, TYMED_HGLOBAL }; STGMEDIUM stgmed; TCHAR szFileName[_MAX_PATH + 1];

if(pDataObject->GetData(CF_HDROP, &stgmed, &fmtetc)) {       HDROP hdrop = (HDROP)GlobalLock(stgmed.hGlobal);

if (NULL != hdrop) {           UINT nFiles = DragQueryFile(hdrop, (UINT)-1, NULL, 0);

for(UINT nNames = 0; nNames < nFiles; nNames++) {               ZeroMemory(szFileName, _MAX_PATH + 1); DragQueryFile (hdrop, nNames, (LPTSTR)szFileName, _MAX_PATH + 1); // Do something with szFileName. }           GlobalUnlock(hdrop);

}       ReleaseStgMedium(&stgmed); return TRUE;

} else {

// Get text data from ColeDataObject. hGlobal=pDataObject->GetGlobalData(CF_TEXT);

// Get a pointer to data. pData=(LPCSTR)GlobalLock(hGlobal); ASSERT(pData!=NULL);

// Set text in the dropped window. ((CEdit*)pWnd)->SetWindowText(pData);

// Unlock memory. GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);

return TRUE; }  } (c) Microsoft Corporation 1998, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Robert Duke, Microsoft Corporation.

Additional query words: Drag Drop DragAcceptFiles CF_

Keywords: kbinfo kbclipboard kbdataobject kbdragdrop kbhowto KB185572

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