How to: File drop on application

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

How can I get the file name that I droped.


Anybody help!

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

Code:

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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

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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.

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!

I think you Can use Command$ to do that,

anywhere in Your Code

Code:

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Msgbox Command$

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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

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.