DnD from Outlook to Java. Any ideas?

Question

Naive novice here.
I would like to drag and drop from Outlook into Java app.
Can this be done?
If so how might I go about it?
Any help/information/pointers is appreciated.
Mick

Answer 1

hm, its possible to detect the drop from native apps e.g.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.dnd.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
public class MickNBT {
   public static void main(String [] arg) {
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("MickNBT");
      JLabel label = new JLabel("Drag to here");
      new DropTarget(label, new DropTargetAdapter() {
         public void drop(DropTargetDropEvent dtde) {
            Transferable t = dtde.getTransferable();
            System.out.println(dtde+"\n"+t);
      frame.getContentPane().add(label);
      frame.pack();
      frame.show();
} but i'm not sure how you get the information associated with the drop event. I think it has to be a MIME type for you to have a chance of using it but could be mistaken..
hopefully someone knows more about this part of the operation :)
asjf