DOCUMENT:Q137435  24-AUG-1999  [foxpro]
TITLE   :HOWTO: Drag and Drop from a Grid to a Text Box
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
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KEYWORDS:kbcode kbDesigner kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article shows by example how to drag text from a cell in a grid to a text
box on a form.

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Step-by-Step Example
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1. Create a form called Dragndrop.

2. Add the Customer table located in \Samples\Data to the environment.

3. Place a grid on the form.

4. Change the ColumnCount to 3.

5. In the Properties window, select the Text1 object located in the column of
   the grid. Place the following code in the MouseDown event of each
   [form1|Grid1|Column] Text1 object.

         This.Drag(1)

6. Add a text box to the form. Place the following line of code in the DragDrop
   event of the text box:

         This.Value = oSource.Value

   NOTE: oSource is a parameter defined in a DragDrop event of an object. It is
   use in a DragDrop event as a reference to the control being . dragged You can
   refer to properties and methods of the control being dragged by using this
   oSource parameter.

7. Run the form. Click any cell in the grid to select the field, and hold the
   mouse button down. Drag the mouse pointer to the text field, and release the
   mouse button to copy the contents of the grid cell into the text box.

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Keywords          : kbcode kbDesigner kbvfp300 kbvfp500 kbvfp600 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 kbVFP500 kbVFP600
Issue type        : kbhowto

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