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Drag and Drop directly from Outlook to a webform

I searched online and mostly found answers that it cannot be done.

My case is a bit different as the application we are developing is for an in-house purposes only and can allow any security level in the browser. Its also intranet based.

I also tried to see if there is a ready-made activex control but wasn't able to find one that will allow dragging directly from outlook.

Any ideas?

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nick_warren Avatar asked Jan 09 '12 17:01

nick_warren


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3 Answers

The easiest solution I found is to just create an Add-In for Outlook to add the email to our database.

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nick_warren Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 11:10

nick_warren


I found this sample WebApp where you can drag and drop Outlook Contacts to an HTML5 WebForm.

If you drag an Outlook Message directly from Outlook to the WebForm you can drop it, but nothing happens. Maybe with a little tweaking you can get it to work with Messages too.

regards

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makim Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 12:10

makim


AT this moment drag-and-drop API in Internet Explorer Browser isn't supported, Microsoft will implement it in IE 10, but i don't know if Drag-And-Drop API will bring you with the functionality that you are looking for.

HTML5 Drag and Drop in IE10 PPB2

For the rest of browsers the API implementation is incomplete

i recomend you to considere alternatives to this approach

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Rafael Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 13:10

Rafael