>>>Erik,
>>>
>>>Yes you can process datatype 15 or CF_FILES. Here's some code from a OLEDragOver event;
>>
>>Right. But I can't get any controls to accept a drop when the source is a file. Am I missing something fundamental? Why does the documentation not specify that some (all?) controls accept this type?
>Erik,
>
>No VFP control accepts the files type naturally, you have to write the code to process that data type yourself.

Ok. What was holding me back was that I had to enable the control first in the dragover event. Thanks for the lesson.