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FileAttachments Module - How to drag & drop file attachments from Outlook messages into ListView or DetailView with FileData objects

Drag&Drop an outlook item in FILEDATA listview

created 10 years ago

Hi DevExpress team,

i want to enable the FILEDATA Listview for importing dragged outlook items. Refering to the 7 year old ticket under https://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/Question/Details/Q102850 :

In the meantime is there any easier approach for a solution but to recompile the FileAttachmentListViewController (which prohibit the easy usage of further DevExpress versions)? Isnt it possible to alter the behaviour of the DragOver event and enable optional other formats "out of the box"?

Thanks for your oppinion, kind regards
Wolf

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created 10 years ago (modified 10 years ago)

Hello Wolf,

Please pardon our delayed response. These days we have been extremely overloaded with support queries due to the upcoming v14.2 release.
I have researched this situation and see that the solution below is the easiest at the moment:

  1. Copy the content of the …\DevExpress.ExpressApp.Modules\DevExpress.ExpressApp.FileAttachment.Win\FileAttachmentListViewController.cs file into your project.
  2. Change the default namespace and class name to yours.
  3. Add the following method into the copied class:
C#
protected override void OnFrameAssigned() {  
    base.OnFrameAssigned();  
    Frame.GetController<DevExpress.ExpressApp.FileAttachments.Win.FileAttachmentListViewController>().Active["any text"] = false;  
}
  1. Modify its source code as you require to support drag-and-drop operations from Outlook messages. The latter part is unrelated to DevExpress, and you may want to look for standard solutions on sites like StackOverFlow, CodeProject, MSDN, etc.

This class does not contain a lot of code and uses only public and documented APIs. It should not be difficult to maintain this class.

    Comments (2)
    WH WH
    Wolf Hermann 10 years ago

      Hi Dennis,
      no reason to appologize the delay, your support is unrivaled! Thanks for your very usefull support, good luck with the 14.2 release
      Wolf

      Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress) 10 years ago

        Thanks for your understanding, Wolf. Have you tried the new XAF 14.2 features already? If you already had your hands on the new bits, it would be great to hear what you like and what not, of course if you have some time.

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