How to: File drop on application

[MaBen]

if I drop a file on the .exe of my application

How can I get the file name that I droped.


Anybody help!

[Sam Finch]

Say You Want to detect a drop on a picturebox (It doesn't really matter what controll you use but Picture1 is used in the example. Set it's OLEDropMode Property to 1 - Manual then add this code

Private Sub Picture1_OLEDragDrop(Data As DataObject, Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Dim varTemp As Variant
For Each varTemp In Data.Files

    MsgBox varTemp
    
Next varTemp
End Sub

This will give you a message of the filename of each file that's dropped into your picturebox. You can manipulate the files as you like from theire names, not just Message them.

[MaBen]

That's working if my application is open! But in my case I want to drop the file on my application (not started) in Windows Explorer

Thanks Sam Finch

Anybody Help!

[Sam Finch]

I think you Can use Command$ to do that,

anywhere in Your Code

Msgbox Command$

Should bring up the name of the file Dropped on it, I'm not sure what it'll do If you drop multible Files on it though. Probably have a big string with the names delimited by commas

[MaBen]

Big Thanks Sam Finch

And the Answer to your question is : a big string and space delimited. The small file format(8.3) is use.