> GS>  I've gotten as far as determining when my container is being dragged
 > GS>  over, and when something is dropped on it, but I can't seem to hack
 > GS>  out the code to create the icon for it when it is dropped.

 >MK> Simply insert the desired record into the container.  Look
 >MK> up CM_ALLOCRECORD and CM_INSERTRECORD in the online
 >MK> reference.

 GS>   That's the problem.  I've read the docs, even printed them out, and I
 GS>   just can't get them to work. The main problem is getting the pointer
 GS>   to the drop buffer transferred to another pointer so I can insert it..

Can you insert a record?  If so, you already know how to do it; you're just
trying to do something else.

You allocate a record, fill it, and insert it.  Ain't no "transferring
pointers."  That tell you what you need?

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