[dba-VB] Create a DLL for Access Drag Drop?

Sounds like a project for Drew :)

Does the database freeze immediately or after a while of using it?

D

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Dan Waters <dwaters at usinternet.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have some code from a forum that I believe may allow dragging a file to an
> Access for so that the file's full path can be captured by the form.  If
> this can be done, then a file can be very easily 'attached' to an Access
> database.
>
> The code comes from here:
> http://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/197392-drag-drop
>
> The code was originally written by Felix Lima (MS Support Engineer), and
> posted by Stephen Lebans.
>
> I first tried putting this code into an mdb, but the database froze because
> the code that was waiting for a Windows Message ran continuously.
>
> So, I want to ask if someone can take this code and put it into a DLL file
> like Felix says it should be.  I've put it all into a small Access file that
> I can send to you.  If this works, I'll post a 'how to' in DB Advisors.
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
>
>
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