HOWTO: Launch an Application via Drag and Drop onto a Shortcut

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)
  on the following platforms: NT, Win95, Win98

SUMMARY

When an application is serving as a file drag-and-drop source, it is necessary for the source's IDataObject to support multiple clipboard formats to allow the file object to be dropped on a shortcut.

MORE INFORMATION

When a file object is dropped on a shortcut to an application, the application that the shortcut refers to is launched with the dropped file name supplied on the application's command line. To allow this to work correctly, the drag-and-drop source's IDataObject must support both the CF_HDROP and the CFSTR_SHELLIDLIST clipboard formats.

Additional query words: drag drop

Keywords          : kbDragDrop kbNTOS400 kbSDKPlatform kbWinOS kbGrpShell 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: February 26, 1999