Drag a picture from web to container on vb6 form 1

[fixmycomputer]

I am new to visual programming and I would Like to create a database of my DVD's with lending tracking, ect. What I would like to do is place a container on the form that I can drop a picture that I dragged from a web page. What kind of container do I need to place on my form and what properties are necessary to achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

Visual Basic 6.0 sp6
Windows XP Pro SP2

 

[sdraper]

I think the problem might be that you can't drag and drop and image imbedded in a web page. It may be possible to copy it and paste into a control on a VB form though. Maybe right click the picture and copy it and then write code to paste it into a image control?

Sam

 

[fixmycomputer]

I was thinking that my have to be my route. But, I was hoping to pull off what MS Word is able to do. Open up Word, open a web page and you can simply drag a picture from the web page to your document. No copy-paste needed, you don't even have to highlight it as you do with text.

thanks for your suggestion sam

Steve

 

[TallOne]

You should be able to do this using a RichTextBox control. Give it a shot!

 

[Hypetia]

RichTextBox works but you cannot manipulate the picture dropped on it. You can also use a picturebox control or an image control for this purpose.

Start a new project and add a picture box to your form. Set the OLEDropMode property of the Picure box to 1 (Manual).
Insert the following code in Form1.
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[tt]
Private Sub Picture1_OLEDragOver(Data As DataObject, Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single, State As Integer)
If Data.GetFormat(vbCFDIB) Then
Effect = Effect And vbDropEffectCopy
Else
Effect = vbDropEffectNone
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Picture1_OLEDragDrop(Data As DataObject, Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Data.GetFormat(vbCFDIB) Then Picture1 = Data.GetData(vbCFDIB)
End Sub[/tt]
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Now the picture box is able to display any picture dropped on it from Internet Explorer or other applications.