Drag and Drop can't really figure it out! :(

hello there,
i'm just trying to drop a .txt file from windows explorer to my JLabel enabled drop component.., and i'm having a hard time doing it,
is it possible? how exactly is it done? also are there only really few components that are supported? ie, JLabel, JList, Jtree, and JTables?
could you give me an example that is not to be found here or at google.com when you typed 'java drag and drop',
thanks a lot for your time, :)

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DUUUUUUUDE! IT'S WORKING NOW!!!!
When you originally asked, "What happens if you click on an image and move it to another folder?", I didn't really understand what you were talking about because I almost never have my workspace set up in a way that the folders are showing. I always hide them. So I didn't really understand what you were saying. Just a few minutes ago, I realized that that is what you were asking so I opened up the folder area and tried dragging thumbs into different folders and saw that it does work.
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Now, for the second important part, I wonder if I drag and drop everything into the order that I want and then select all of the files and drag them into a new folder, will they stay in that order? I need to go experiment with that.
If you hadn't kept at it and in turn had me keep trying stuff, it would have never happened because I had pretty much given up.
Thanks Curt!
You da man!!!

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