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  5. <meta name="AUTHOR" content="Dieter Steinwedel">
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  7. content="Drag&amp;Drop component for Delphi; description for TDragDropBitmap">
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  11. <title>Details about TDragDropBitmap</title>
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  21. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  22. <td><p align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="7"
  23. face="Arial">TDragDropBitmap</font></p>
  24. </td>
  25. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  26. </tr>
  27. <tr>
  28. <td bgcolor="#FFFFEF">&nbsp;</td>
  29. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  30. <td>&nbsp;</td>
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  33. <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
  34. <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
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  37. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp; </td>
  38. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><font size="5" face="Arial">Description</font></td>
  39. </tr>
  40. <tr>
  41. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  42. </tr>
  43. <tr>
  44. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  45. <td><font face="Arial"><b><i>TDragDropBitmap</i></b> is a
  46. comfortable and powerful component for COM/OLE drag&amp;drop
  47. operations with bitmaps. The component is a child-class
  48. from </font><a href="TDragDrop.htm"><font face="Arial"><b><i>TDragDrop</i></b></font></a><font
  49. face="Arial">.</font></td>
  50. </tr>
  51. <tr>
  52. <td height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  53. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  54. </tr>
  55. </table>
  56. <table border="0" width="600">
  57. <tr>
  58. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp; </td>
  59. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><font size="5" face="Arial">Important
  60. for Use</font></td>
  61. </tr>
  62. <tr>
  63. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  64. </tr>
  65. <tr>
  66. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  67. <td><font face="Arial">This </font><a href="Index.htm"><font
  68. face="Arial">file</font></a><font face="Arial"> (index.htm)
  69. contains more information about restrictions, the
  70. disclaimer, remarks etc.</font></td>
  71. </tr>
  72. <tr>
  73. <td height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  74. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  75. </tr>
  76. </table>
  77. <table border="0" width="600">
  78. <tr>
  79. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp; </td>
  80. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><font size="5" face="Arial">History</font></td>
  81. </tr>
  82. <tr>
  83. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  84. </tr>
  85. <tr>
  86. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  87. <td><font face="Arial"><b>Version 2.10</b> </font><font
  88. color="#808080" face="Arial">published on 06-Jul-1999</font></td>
  89. </tr>
  90. <tr>
  91. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  92. <td><ul>
  93. <li><font face="Arial">Code re-design in result of
  94. modifications in <b><i>TDragDrop</i></b>;
  95. handling hasn't changed</font></li>
  96. </ul>
  97. </td>
  98. </tr>
  99. <tr>
  100. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  101. <td><font face="Arial"><b>Version 2.01</b> </font><font
  102. color="#808080" face="Arial">published on 07-Oct-1998</font><font
  103. face="Arial"> </font></td>
  104. </tr>
  105. <tr>
  106. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  107. <td><ul>
  108. <li><font face="Arial">Small invisible bugs fixed</font></li>
  109. </ul>
  110. </td>
  111. </tr>
  112. <tr>
  113. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  114. <td><font face="Arial"><b>Version 2.00</b> </font><font
  115. color="#808080" face="Arial">published on 03-Oct-1998</font></td>
  116. </tr>
  117. <tr>
  118. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  119. <td><ul>
  120. <li><font face="Arial">Total internal re-design due
  121. to modifications of the superclass, but the
  122. handling hasn't changed</font></li>
  123. </ul>
  124. </td>
  125. </tr>
  126. <tr>
  127. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  128. <td><font face="Arial"><b>Version 1.00</b> </font><font
  129. color="#808080" face="Arial">published on 06-Aug-1998</font><font
  130. face="Arial"> </font></td>
  131. </tr>
  132. <tr>
  133. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  134. <td><ul>
  135. <li><font face="Arial">First official release</font></li>
  136. </ul>
  137. </td>
  138. </tr>
  139. <tr>
  140. <td height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  141. <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  142. </tr>
  143. </table>
  144. <table border="0" width="600">
  145. <tr>
  146. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp; </td>
  147. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><font size="5" face="Arial">Properties</font></td>
  148. </tr>
  149. <tr>
  150. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  151. </tr>
  152. </table>
  153. <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600">
  154. <tr>
  155. <td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
  156. <td bgcolor="#008080"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="5"
  157. face="Arial"><strong>inherited properties</strong></font></td>
  158. </tr>
  159. <tr>
  160. <td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  161. <td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"><a href="TDragDrop.htm#Properties"><font
  162. face="Arial">Click here ...</font></a></td>
  163. </tr>
  164. <tr>
  165. <td bgcolor="#FFFFEF">&nbsp;</td>
  166. </tr>
  167. <tr>
  168. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  169. <td bgcolor="#008080"><a name="Bitmap"><font
  170. color="#FFFFFF" size="5" face="Arial"><b>Bitmap</b></font></a><font
  171. color="#FFFFFF" size="5" face="Arial"><b> </b></font><font
  172. color="#FFFF80" size="2" face="Arial"><b><i>public</i></b></font></td>
  173. </tr>
  174. <tr>
  175. <td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  176. <td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>For
  177. Target:</b> Use this bitmap in </font><a
  178. href="TDragDrop.htm#OnProcessDropped"><font size="3"
  179. face="Arial"><b><i>OnProcessDropped</i></b></font></a><font
  180. size="3" face="Arial">, if you want to get the dropped
  181. bitmap (DIB).</font><p><font size="3" face="Arial"><b>For
  182. Source:</b> Assign your bitmap, which you want to drag&amp;drop,
  183. to <b><i>Bitmap</i></b> before calling </font><a
  184. href="#Execute"><font size="3" face="Arial"><b><i>Execute</i></b></font></a><font
  185. size="3" face="Arial">. </font></p>
  186. </td>
  187. </tr>
  188. <tr>
  189. <td bgcolor="#FFFFEF" height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  190. </tr>
  191. </table>
  192. <table border="0" width="600">
  193. <tr>
  194. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp; </td>
  195. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><font size="5" face="Arial">Events</font></td>
  196. </tr>
  197. <tr>
  198. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  199. </tr>
  200. </table>
  201. <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600">
  202. <tr>
  203. <td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
  204. <td bgcolor="#008080"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="5"
  205. face="Arial"><strong>inherited events</strong></font></td>
  206. </tr>
  207. <tr>
  208. <td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  209. <td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"><a href="TDragDrop.htm#Events"><font
  210. face="Arial">Click here ...</font></a></td>
  211. </tr>
  212. <tr>
  213. <td bgcolor="#FFFFEF" height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  214. </tr>
  215. </table>
  216. <table border="0" width="600">
  217. <tr>
  218. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp;</td>
  219. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><font size="5" face="Arial">Methods</font></td>
  220. </tr>
  221. <tr>
  222. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  223. </tr>
  224. </table>
  225. <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600">
  226. <tr>
  227. <td width="10">&nbsp;</td>
  228. <td bgcolor="#008080"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="5"
  229. face="Arial"><strong>inherited methods</strong></font></td>
  230. </tr>
  231. <tr>
  232. <td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  233. <td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"><a href="TDragDrop.htm#Methods"><font
  234. face="Arial">Click here ...</font></a></td>
  235. </tr>
  236. <tr>
  237. <td bgcolor="#FFFFEF">&nbsp;</td>
  238. </tr>
  239. <tr>
  240. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  241. <td bgcolor="#008080"><a name="Execute"><font
  242. color="#FFFFFF" size="5" face="Arial"><b>Execute</b></font></a><font
  243. color="#FFFFFF" size="5" face="Arial"><b> </b></font><font
  244. color="#FFFF80" size="2" face="Arial"><b><i>public</i></b></font></td>
  245. </tr>
  246. <tr>
  247. <td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  248. <td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"><font size="3" face="Arial">Call
  249. this method, if you detect that the user wants to start a
  250. drag&amp;drop operation (e.g. MouseDown+MouseMove). Also
  251. look: </font><a href="#Bitmap"><font size="3"
  252. face="Arial"><em><strong>Bitmap</strong></em></font></a><font
  253. size="3" face="Arial">.</font><p><font size="3"
  254. face="Arial">For drag detection you can also use the
  255. inherited property </font><a
  256. href="TDragDrop.htm#AutoDetectDnD"><font size="3"
  257. face="Arial"><em><strong>AutotDetectDnD</strong></em></font></a><font
  258. size="3" face="Arial"> or the method </font><a
  259. href="TDragDrop.htm#StartDnDDetection"><font size="3"
  260. face="Arial"><em><strong>StartDnDDetection</strong></em></font></a><font
  261. size="3" face="Arial">.</font></p>
  262. <p><font size="3" face="Arial">IMPORTANT: If you use the
  263. drag-detection, it's high recommended to check the
  264. section &quot;</font><a
  265. href="TDragDrop.htm#DragDetectionProblem"><font size="3"
  266. face="Arial">Problems With The Drag-Detection</font></a><font
  267. size="3" face="Arial">&quot;.</font></p>
  268. </td>
  269. </tr>
  270. <tr>
  271. <td bgcolor="#FFFFEF" height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  272. </tr>
  273. </table>
  274. <table border="0" width="600">
  275. <tr>
  276. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp;</td>
  277. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><a name="Specifics"><font
  278. size="5" face="Arial">Specfics On Using This Component</font></a></td>
  279. </tr>
  280. <tr>
  281. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  282. </tr>
  283. <tr>
  284. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  285. <td><font size="3" face="Arial">You can't use a TImage as
  286. </font><a href="TDragDrop.htm#DragDropControl"><font
  287. size="3" face="Arial"><strong><i>DragDropControl</i></strong></font></a><font
  288. size="3" face="Arial">, because TImage isn't derivatived
  289. from TWinControl. You can only do that with a small trick:
  290. Put a panel under your image and you haven't to think
  291. about any trouble. Use the event &quot;OnMouseDown&quot;
  292. from the TImage to start drag&amp;drop otherwise it doesn't
  293. work. </font></td>
  294. </tr>
  295. <tr>
  296. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  297. <td height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  298. </tr>
  299. </table>
  300. <table border="0" width="600">
  301. <tr>
  302. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp;</td>
  303. <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="590"><font size="5"
  304. face="Arial">How Do I Use It As Drag&amp;Drop Source</font></td>
  305. </tr>
  306. <tr>
  307. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  308. </tr>
  309. <tr>
  310. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  311. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">1.</font></td>
  312. <td><font face="Arial">Drop a TWinControl on the form (e.g.
  313. a panel). Place the image in it (more details: </font><a
  314. href="#Specifics"><font face="Arial">Specifics On Using
  315. This Component</font></a><font face="Arial">).</font></td>
  316. </tr>
  317. <tr>
  318. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  319. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">2.</font></td>
  320. <td><font face="Arial">Choose the TWinControl (panel) in </font><a
  321. href="TDragDrop.htm#DragDropControl"><font face="Arial"><em><strong>DragDropControl</strong></em></font></a><font
  322. face="Arial">.</font></td>
  323. </tr>
  324. <tr>
  325. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  326. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">3. </font></td>
  327. <td><font face="Arial">Choose the drag&amp;drop effects
  328. under </font><a href="TDragDrop.htm#SourceEffects"><font
  329. face="Arial"><em><strong>SourceEffects</strong></em></font></a><font
  330. face="Arial"> which the <em><strong>DragDropControl </strong></em>(panel)
  331. should support. If you don't want any longer that the <em><strong>DragDropControl</strong></em>
  332. serve as drag&amp;drop source all items must be set to
  333. false.</font></td>
  334. </tr>
  335. <tr>
  336. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  337. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">4.</font></td>
  338. <td><font face="Arial">Now, your <em><strong>DragDropControl</strong></em>
  339. (panel) must detect, when the user wants to start a drag&amp;drop
  340. operation. You can use the event &quot;OnMouseDown&quot;
  341. of your <em><strong>DragDropControl</strong></em> (panel).
  342. Add following to the event:</font><blockquote>
  343. <p><font face="Arial"><code>DragDropBitmap1.Bitmap:=Image1.Picture.Bitmap;</code></font></p>
  344. </blockquote>
  345. </td>
  346. </tr>
  347. <tr>
  348. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  349. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">5.</font></td>
  350. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">Tell Windows that
  351. there is a drag&amp;drop operation to handle: Just call
  352. the method </font><a href="TDragDrop.htm#Execute"><font
  353. face="Arial"><em><strong>Execute</strong></em></font></a><font
  354. face="Arial"> of this component. </font></td>
  355. </tr>
  356. <tr>
  357. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  358. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">6.</font></td>
  359. <td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">You may use
  360. the events </font><a href="TDragDrop.htm#OnGiveFeedback"><font
  361. size="3" face="Arial"><b><i>OnGiveFeedback</i></b></font></a><font
  362. size="3" face="Arial"> and </font><a
  363. href="TDragDrop.htm#OnQueryContinueDrag"><font size="3"
  364. face="Arial"><b><i>OnQueryContinueDrag</i></b></font></a><font
  365. size="3" face="Arial">, but often you need not.</font></td>
  366. </tr>
  367. <tr>
  368. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  369. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  370. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  371. </tr>
  372. <tr>
  373. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  374. <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font face="Arial"><strong>Hints:</strong></font></td>
  375. </tr>
  376. <tr>
  377. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  378. <td valign="top" colspan="2"><ul>
  379. <li><font size="3" face="Arial">Drag&amp;drop
  380. operations cannot be done at design-time!</font></li>
  381. <li><font size="3" face="Arial">IMPORTANT: If you use
  382. the drag-detection, it's high recommended to
  383. check the section &quot;</font><a
  384. href="TDragDrop.htm#DragDetectionProblem"><font
  385. size="3" face="Arial">Problems With The Drag-Detection</font></a><font
  386. size="3" face="Arial">&quot;.</font></li>
  387. </ul>
  388. </td>
  389. </tr>
  390. <tr>
  391. <td height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  392. <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  393. </tr>
  394. </table>
  395. <table border="0" width="600">
  396. <tr>
  397. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp;</td>
  398. <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="590"><font size="5"
  399. face="Arial">How Do I Use It As Drag&amp;Drop Target</font></td>
  400. </tr>
  401. <tr>
  402. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  403. </tr>
  404. <tr>
  405. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  406. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">1.</font></td>
  407. <td><font face="Arial">Drop a TWinControl on the form (e.g.
  408. a panel). Place the image in it (more details: </font><a
  409. href="#Specifics"><font face="Arial">Specifics On Using
  410. This Component</font></a><font face="Arial">).</font></td>
  411. </tr>
  412. <tr>
  413. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  414. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">2.</font></td>
  415. <td><font face="Arial">Choose the TWinControl (panel) in </font><a
  416. href="TDragDrop.htm#DragDropControl"><font face="Arial"><em><strong>DragDropControl</strong></em></font></a><font
  417. face="Arial">.</font></td>
  418. </tr>
  419. <tr>
  420. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  421. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">3. </font></td>
  422. <td><font face="Arial">Choose the drag&amp;drop effects
  423. under </font><a href="TDragDrop.htm#TargetEffects"><font
  424. face="Arial"><em><strong>TargetEffects</strong></em></font></a><font
  425. face="Arial"> which the <em><strong>DragDropControl </strong></em>(panel)
  426. should support. If you don't want any longer that the <em><strong>DragDropControl</strong></em>
  427. serve as drag&amp;drop target, all items must be set to
  428. false.</font></td>
  429. </tr>
  430. <tr>
  431. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  432. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">4.</font></td>
  433. <td><font size="3" face="Arial">Now, you have to program
  434. what happen, if the user drops a bitmap on your </font><a
  435. href="TDragDrop.htm#DragDropControl"><font size="3"
  436. face="Arial"><b><i>DragDropControl</i></b></font></a><font
  437. size="3" face="Arial"> (panel). For this, the best is to
  438. use the event </font><a
  439. href="TDragDrop.htm#OnProcessDropped"><font size="3"
  440. face="Arial"><b><i>OnProcessDropped</i></b></font></a><font
  441. size="3" face="Arial">. At first, you should check what
  442. drag&amp;drop effect was chosen by the user. You get the
  443. effect from method's parameter <b><i>dwEffect</i></b>.
  444. You get the bitmap from this component with following
  445. line:</font><blockquote>
  446. <p><font face="Arial"><code>Image1.Picture.Bitmap:=DragDropBitmap1.Bitmap;</code></font></p>
  447. </blockquote>
  448. </td>
  449. </tr>
  450. <tr>
  451. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  452. <td valign="top"><font face="Arial">5.</font></td>
  453. <td valign="top"><font size="3" face="Arial">You may use
  454. the events </font><a href="TDragDrop.htm#OnDragEnter"><font
  455. size="3" face="Arial"><b><i>OnDragEnter</i></b></font></a><font
  456. size="3" face="Arial">, </font><a
  457. href="TDragDrop.htm#OnDragOver"><font size="3"
  458. face="Arial"><b><i>OnDragOver</i></b></font></a><font
  459. size="3" face="Arial"> and </font><a
  460. href="TDragDrop.htm#OnDragLeave"><font size="3"
  461. face="Arial"><b><i>OnDragLeave</i></b></font></a><font
  462. size="3" face="Arial">, but often you need not.</font></td>
  463. </tr>
  464. <tr>
  465. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  466. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  467. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  468. </tr>
  469. <tr>
  470. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  471. <td valign="top" colspan="2"><font face="Arial"><strong>Hints:</strong></font></td>
  472. </tr>
  473. <tr>
  474. <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
  475. <td valign="top" colspan="2"><ul>
  476. <li><font size="3" face="Arial">Drag&amp;drop
  477. operations cannot be done at design-time!</font></li>
  478. </ul>
  479. </td>
  480. </tr>
  481. <tr>
  482. <td height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  483. <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  484. </tr>
  485. </table>
  486. <table border="0" width="600">
  487. <tr>
  488. <td width="10" bgcolor="#008080" height="10">&nbsp; </td>
  489. <td rowspan="2" width="590"><font size="5" face="Arial">Known
  490. Bugs</font></td>
  491. </tr>
  492. <tr>
  493. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  494. </tr>
  495. <tr>
  496. <td>&nbsp;</td>
  497. <td><ul>
  498. <li><font face="Arial">I hope you never find one</font></li>
  499. </ul>
  500. </td>
  501. </tr>
  502. <tr>
  503. <td height="50">&nbsp;</td>
  504. <td>&nbsp;</td>
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  508. <p><font size="3" face="Arial"><i>© 1998,99 by </i></font><a
  509. href="mailto:[email protected]"><font size="3" face="Arial"><i>Dieter
  510. Steinwedel</i></font></a><font size="3" face="Arial"> </font></p>
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