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c#datagridviewoutlookdrag-and-drop
MansNotHot
MansNotHot

Reputation: 293

Drag Drop Contents

I want to Drag and Drop something into a DataGrid in WinForms. The functionality that he recognises the Drag Enter and Drag Drop are made. It works like a charm because i made text pop up when it enters and when its dropped.

Sadly i have no idea how to access the content of the thing (Outlook Contact) i dropped in there. My Goal is to Drop and Outlook Contact into the Data Grid and i want to have the things contained in the Contact like, Name, Email adress etc. and save it temporarily so that i can insert it into the Grid.

I hope some of you can help me and/or give me a clue on how to tackle this.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 170

Answers (1)

PinBack
PinBack

Reputation: 2574

First, you need a reference to Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook. There is a NuGet package for this.

Install-Package Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook

Create a instance for the Outlook.Application and get the selected items in your DragDrop Handler.

private Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application moOutlook = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();
private void DragDropHandler(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    var loExplorer = moOutlook.ActiveExplorer();
    var loSelection = loExplorer.Selection;

    foreach (object loItem in loSelection)
    {
        Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ContactItem loContactItem = (loItem as Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ContactItem);
        if (loContactItem != null)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(loContactItem.EntryID);
            Console.WriteLine(loContactItem.Email1Address);
            Console.WriteLine(loContactItem.Email2Address);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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