Tuesday, March 1, 2011

drag and drop files on your program

If you want to let your users drag and drop files on your program from the File Manager and Windows Explorer, simply add the code inside //>>> and //<<< to your program as in the following example:

 
unit dropfile;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes,
  Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }

    //>>>

    // declare our DROPFILES message handler
    procedure AcceptFiles( var msg : TMessage );
      message WM_DROPFILES;
    //<<<
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

uses
  //>>>
  //
  // this unit contains certain
  // functions that we'll be using
  //
  ShellAPI;
  //<<<

{$R *.DFM}

//>>>
procedure TForm1.AcceptFiles( var msg : TMessage );
const
  cnMaxFileNameLen = 255;
var
  i,
  nCount     : integer;
  acFileName : array [0..cnMaxFileNameLen] of char;
begin
  // find out how many files we're accepting
  nCount := DragQueryFile( msg.WParam,
                           $FFFFFFFF,
                           acFileName,
                           cnMaxFileNameLen );

  // query Windows one at a time for the file name
  for i := 0 to nCount-1 do
  begin
    DragQueryFile( msg.WParam, i,
                   acFileName, cnMaxFileNameLen );

    // do your thing with the acFileName
    MessageBox( Handle, acFileName, '', MB_OK );
  end;

  // let Windows know that you're done
  DragFinish( msg.WParam );
end;
//<<<

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  //>>>
  //
  // tell Windows that you're
  // accepting drag and drop files
  //
  DragAcceptFiles( Handle, True );
  //<<<
end;

end.
Listing #1 : Delphi code. Download dropfile (0.8 KB).
 
Now you can drag and drop files on the form that you registered as a recipient of dropped files by calling the "DragAcceptFiles()" function as in the above example.

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