SftButton.OLEDragDrop Event	Softel vdm, Inc.

An object is dropped on the control.

Syntax       

		VB.NET	Private Sub object_OLEDragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgumentType) Handles object.OLEDragDrop
		VB	Private Sub object_OLEDragDrop(Data As DataObject, Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, x As Single, y As Single)
		C#.NET	void object_OLEDragDrop(object sender, EventArgumentType e);
		VC++	void OnOLEDragDropobject(struct IVDMDataObject** Data, long* Effect, short* Button, short* Shift, float* x, float* y);
		C	HRESULT OnOLEDragDropobject(struct IVDMDataObject** Data, long* Effect, short* Button, short* Shift, float* x, float* y);
		Delphi	procedure objectOLEDragDrop(Sender: TObject; var Data : IVDMDataObject; var Effect : Integer; var Button : Smallint; var Shift : Smallint; var x : Single; var y : Single);

object

A SftButton object.

Data

A DataObject object containing formats that the source will provide and, in addition, possibly the data for those formats. If no data is contained in the DataObject, it is provided when the control calls the GetData method. The SetData and Clear methods cannot be used here.

Effect

A Long variable set by the target object identifying the action that has been performed, thus allowing the source to take appropriate action if the component was moved (such as the source deleting data if it is moved from one component to another).

Name	Value	Description
vbDropEffectNone	0	Drop target cannot accept the data.
vbDropEffectCopy	1	Drop results in a copy of data from the source to the target. The original data is unaltered by the drag operation.
vbDropEffectMove	2	Drop results in data being moved from the drag source to the drop source. The drag source should remove the data from itself after the move.

Note: Only Visual Basic offers the predefined constants vbDropEffectNone, etc. When using other languages, the constants have to be defined explicitly by the application.

Button

Describes the button(s) that are pressed. The Button argument is a bit field with bits corresponding to the left button, right button and middle button. These bits correspond to the values shown below. The bits set indicate the button that caused the event.

Name	Value	Description
constSftButtonLeftButton	1	Left button
constSftButtonRightButton	2	Right button
constSftButtonMiddleButton	4	Middle button

Shift

Describes the state of the SHIFT, CONTROL and ALT keys. A bit is set if the key is down. The Shift argument is a bit field with bits corresponding to the SHIFT, CONTROL and ALT keys. It indicates the state of these keys. Some, all, or none of the bits can be set, indicating which of the keys are pressed.

Name	Value	Description
constSftButtonShiftMask	1	Shift
constSftButtonCtrlMask	2	Control
constSftButtonAltMask	4	Alt

x

The x coordinate of the mouse cursor. The units used depend on the container (Visual Basic uses TWIPS, Visual C++ uses pixels, etc.) and the coordinate system used.

y

The y coordinate of the mouse cursor. The units used depend on the container (Visual Basic uses TWIPS, Visual C++ uses pixels, etc.) and the coordinate system used.

Comments

The OLEDragDrop event occurs when an object is dropped on the control.

The OLEDragDrop event only occurs if the OLEDropMode property is set to OLEDropSftButtonManual.

The source control should always mask values from the Effect parameter to insure compatibility with future implementations of OLE drag & drop. Presently, only three bits in the Effect parameter are used. In future versions other bits may be used. As a precaution against future problems, drag sources and drop targets should mask these values appropriately before performing any comparisons.

For example, a source component should not compare an Effect against, for example, vbDropEffectCopy, such as:

  If Effect = vbDropEffectCopy...

Instead, the source component should mask the value or values being sought, as here:

  If (Effect And vbDropEffectCopy) = vbDropEffectCopy...

-or-

  If (Effect And vbDropEffectCopy)...

This allows for the definition of new drop effects in future versions while preserving compatibility with existing code.