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[skAi]

Hey Guys i need your help...

I made myself a pretty nice App Launcher which fades in and out on the center top of my screen and some mouse over and leave effect and runs every app perfektly BUT I need your explanation for some drag and drop stuff.

1. I want the lancher accept drop and drop files on it and launch them
2. Files should appear with their icon
3. Mouse hover effetcs

i need a explanation for that to understand why am i using the code and for what am i using it so i can get i to work as i want...
and do i need a combobox - richtextbox or whatever to drop my files into?


some kind of tutorial would be nice =)

best regards skAi

[mandai]

You could use a ListView with an ImageList for this.

Here is a basic example that will add each dragged file to a list, set an icon, and ask if the file should be launched:

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    Dim icons As ImageList = New ImageList()

    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ListView1.AllowDrop = True 'allow DragDrop events in the ListView
        icons.ImageSize = New Size(32, 32) 'set the display sizes
        ListView1.LargeImageList = icons
        ListView1.View = View.LargeIcon

    End Sub

    Private Sub ListView1_DragDrop(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles ListView1.DragDrop

        Dim filedropped As Boolean = e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop)
        If filedropped Then

            icons.Images.Clear()
            ListView1.Items.Clear()

            Dim files As Array = e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop)
            For i As Integer = 0 To files.Length - 1
                Dim path As String = files(i).ToString()

                Dim ico As Icon
                Try
                    ico = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(path)
                Catch ex As Exception
                    ico = Me.Icon
                End Try
                icons.Images.Add(ico)

                Dim lvi As ListViewItem = New ListViewItem()
                lvi.Text = path
                lvi.ImageIndex = i
                ListView1.Items.Add(lvi)

                Dim dr As DialogResult = MessageBox.Show("Start " & path & "?", "", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
                If dr = DialogResult.Yes Then
                    Process.Start(path)
                End If
            Next
        End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub ListView1_DragEnter(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles ListView1.DragEnter
        e.Effect = DragDropEffects.All
    End Sub

The mouse hover effects or DragDropEffects are used to tell the source program what to do with the dragged data.