>This worked in Samples:
>
>

>LPARAMETERS oDataObject, nEffect
>LOCAL aValues, i, nSelected
>
>DIMENSION aValues[9]
>aValues[1] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[2] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[3] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[4] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[5] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[6] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[7] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[8] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>aValues[9] = subs(THIS.SELECTEDITEM.TEXT, 1, 3)
>
>oDataObject.SetData(@aValues,"OLE Variant Array")
>

thanks for you response!

nop, still get the same error. remember we are talking about the TreeView ActiveX. i found out last night, reading through the help file, that you, unlike 'normal controls', can not use the SetData() in the the TreView.OleStartDrag Method.

so the question is, if you don't want the default data & data type to be draged, but rather specify it yourself, where do you put the SetData() and the SetFormat() (to create/specify a new data format)?