[wxPython-users] Drag n' Drop works different for Unicode and ANSI versions of wxPython

[Robin Dunn]

Ophir Horowitz wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>  
> 
> I use python2.4 with wxPython 2.8.4.0 Unicode and I have encountered a 
> weird problem with Drag n' Drop.
> 
> I want to drag texts from my application and drop them on a text box 
> inside a browser.
> 
> When I wrote this code a weird thing happened: it worked only in Firefox 
> and not in Internet Explorer.
> 
> Even weirder is the fact that when I uninstalled the wxPython Unicode 
> version and installed the ANSI version, the Drag n' Drop started to work!
> 
>  
> 
> Of course, this is not a solution, because I need Unicode support in my 
> application…
> 

In the ansi build wx.TextDataObject uses the CF_TEXT data format.  In 
the Unicode build it is CF_UNICODE.  So basically what you are seeing is 
that IE doesn't accept CF_UNICODE formatted objects, which is very silly 
considering MIcrosoft's typical stance on this subject...

There was some talk a few years ago about making it possible to have 
both CF_TEXT and CF_UNICODE objects available from the 
wx.TextDataObject, but I don't think anything was ever done for it.


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Robin Dunn
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