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Drag and Drop: How to determine what type of object is dropped

I studied the Drag and Drop example that all the .Net dev sites link to: a
string is dragged from one list box to another. It all makes sense but it
doesn't explain how to determine what the object being dragged is. The code
assumes the object is a string and only verifies that is really is a string.
How can I drop into a Select Case and handle all the possible cases that the
object might be?

I can call e.Data.GetForma ts( ) and then enumerate the formats but I don't
know what to do with the formats. For example, if I drag and drop a shortcut
to a .xls file, how do I recognize that object and deal with correctly it in
the DragDrop event of the target control?

Thanks,

Bill N.
Cincinnati, OH USA
Jul 21 '05 #1
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