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How to programmiclly drag and drop a file onto a window? [Edit]

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... Norm Carlberg wrote on 25-Sep-2010: The following link and other code are as close as I could find however neither work. I am only dragging 1 file if that will simplify any. Errors? Improvements?	100
... Remy Lebeau (TeamB) replied on 27-Sep-2010: wrote in message news:✉forums.embarcadero.com... (snip) The "preferred" way to pass data around is to implement the IDataObject and IDragSource interfaces in your code. Microsoft wants you to use the Win32 API DoDragDrop() function, however since you want to send data to a specific window, that will not work as DoDragDrop() is an interactive function that	112

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Norm Carlberg wrote on 25-Sep-2010:

The following link and other code are as close as I could find however neither work.
I am only dragging 1 file if that will simplify any.
Errors?
Improvements?

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) replied on 27-Sep-2010:

wrote in message news:✉forums.embarcadero.com...
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The "preferred" way to pass data around is to implement the IDataObject and
  IDragSource interfaces in your code. Microsoft wants you to use the Win32
  API DoDragDrop() function, however since you want to send data to a specific
  window, that will not work as DoDragDrop() is an interactive function that

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