TADVStringgrid - Drag Drop Outlook attachment

VCL TMS VCL UI Pack
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Hi all,


Is it possible to drag and drop an attachment (for example a PDF File) of an outlook email directly to a TADVStringgrid. The attachment should be copied to a folder and only a link of the copied file should be written in a cell of the grid.

Greetings from Germany
Detlef
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That should be possible.
Set grid.DragDropSettings.OleDropTarget = true,  grid.DragDropSettings.OleAcceptFiles = true and when you drop a file on the grid the grid.OnOleDropFile should be triggered.

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I had already done this to drag drop a file from Windows Explorer and this works great. But when I try this from my Outlook (365) the grid will not accept the file attached to an Email and the event is not triggered.

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We investigated this and it appears that files dragged out of Outlook are handled with a special drag & drop format, different from file dragging from Windows Explorer for example.
We'll need to investigate this specific format and see if it will be feasible to support it in TAdvStringGrid.

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Hello!

as I struggle also with this thing, are there any news with this topic?

Currently I use a workaround with "DropEmptyTarget" from Drag and Drop Component Suite. In general it works, I can drop a file on a Row and get the current row by calling
gridMainOverview.MouseToCell(APoint.X, APoint.Y, ACol, ARow);
gridMainOverview.GotoCell(0, ARow);
when the Drop-Event of this Drag&Drop component is fired.

The problem is, the usual Drag&Drop UI behavior doesn't work with this workaround. The cursor doesn´t change to the dragover one and the nice little green arrow in the grid is also not present. I know, this is logical, as the regular AdvStringGrid OleDragDrop behavior is bypassed. But the user doesn´t have an optical response anyway.

Therfore it would be very helpful, if there is an AdvStringGrid internal solution without the need to use a 3rd-party component.

Kind regards
Andreas Moser

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Given the very specific nature of this request, best we can do is offer such extension as a paid consulting project. In case of interest, please contact us by direct email.

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Thanks for reply, but no need for this.
I've found a rather easy solution to get the same behaviour as for drag&drop from files out of explorer.