Drag and drop a text

Bonjour,
Est il possible de faire drag and drop d'une zone text sous CVI?
Cordialement.

Hi,
I guess I have to correct myself - the initial answer was the result of a quick experiment using one of my programs. So by default drag and drop is not enabled for strings. However, there is a function in the toolbox library that promises to enable Windows drag and drop, EnableDragAndDrop (int panelHandle).
Wolfgang
PS: The attribute ATTR_ENABLE_DRAG_DROP is avalable only for tree items and tab pages.

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