Drag and Drop a File

[Jeffrey Ferreira]

this is probably totally pie in the sky...
is there any way in pxplus that i can drop a file on to something say like from Email Outlook on to a control and get access to that file in some way.
what i'm trying to do is associate a pdf with an invoice or quote.

[Mike King]

Use the DROP FILE directive.

See External File Droping in https://manual.pvxplus.com/page/directives/drop_on.htm

[Jeffrey Ferreira]

thank you Mike - i will give it a try.

[Mike King]

If you want to drop files from Outlook attachments they first have to be dropped into physical files in a directory.

What I have done in the past is create temporary directories where I have the user drag whatever they want.  I display the temp directory using the windows File.Explorer Com object.  It will accept just anything and convert them to files.  Simply create a dummy directory then point the file.explorer Com object to it. 

[Jeffrey Ferreira]

Hi Mike - thank you. this worked for me.