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VB.net problem dragging text into DataGridView

Hi. I am trying to drag the name of a TreeView node (shown at the bottom) into a DataGridView cell. I gather the text using oText below but I get
"System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs"

Private Sub DataGridView1_DragDrop(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.DragDrop

Dim oText as string = e

Private Sub TreeView_From_DragEnter(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles TreeView_From.DragEnter
'See if there is a TreeNode being dragged
If e.Data.GetDataPresent("System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode", _
True) Then
'TreeNode found allow move effect
'e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Move
e.Effect = DragDropEffects.All

Else
'No TreeNode found, prevent move
e.Effect = DragDropEffects.None
Exit Sub
End If

nepaluz

try

Dim oText = e.Data

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rather than the plain data. youcan also look at using the GetDataPresent() method (or indeed check the type of the data to extract the node name / text values)

Murray Brown

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Hi. That still gives System.Windows.Forms.DataObject

Murray Brown

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I don't understand this because in the drag I used
DoDragDrop(e.Item.text, DragDropEffects.All)
and when I drop it into Excel it works as text

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Murray Brown

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thanks