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Function name : DragQueryPoint

Group: Shell Functions - Library: shell32

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Retrieves the position of the mouse pointer at the time a file was dropped during a drag-and-drop operation.

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Code examples:

Dragging files from Explorer window and dropping them on FoxPro control (requires VFP9)

Declaration:

BOOL DragQueryPoint(
	HDROP hDrop,
	LPPOINT lppt
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER DragQueryPoint IN shell32;
	INTEGER  hDrop,;
	STRING @ lppt
  

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Parameters:

hDrop Identifier of the structure that describes the dropped file.

lppt Address of a POINT structure that the function fills with the coordinates of the mouse pointer at the time the file was dropped.

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Return value:

Returns nonzero if the drop occurred in the client area of the window, or zero if the drop did not occur in the client area of the window.

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Comments:

The window for which coordinates are returned is the window that received the WM_DROPFILES message.

See also: DragAcceptFiles, DragQueryFile.

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