DOCUMENT:Q163234 02-APR-1997 [vbwin] TITLE :PRB: User-defined Formats in OLE Drag-Drop Require Byte Arrays PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:5.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS:kbprg vb5all VBKBAX kbprb ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When using the SetData method for OLE Drag/Drop functionality, data in a user-defined format will cause the following message to be displayed at run- time: "Non-intrinsic OLE drag-and-drop formats used with SetData require Byte array data. GetData may return more bytes than were given to SetData." RESOLUTION ========== To work around this behavior, make sure that the data being dragged is placed into a byte array. Decoding the byte array using the GetData is then dependent upon the methods by which this array was created. STATUS ====== This behavior is by design. MORE INFORMATION ================ The following formats are known formats when using SetData and GetData: Name Constant --------- ------------ Text vbCFText Metafile vbCFMetafile DIB vbCFDIB Bitmap vbCFBitmap Palette vbCFPalette Rich Text vbCFRTF DDE Link vbCFLink ====================================================================== Keywords : kbprg vb5all VBKBAX kbprb Version : 5.0 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.