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Question
I would like to be able to go to Windows Explorer, select a series of files, and then allow the user to "Paste" these files into my application. I simply need a list of the file names that were copied to the clipboard. Anyone know how to access this list?

You can use OLE Drag & Drop, but since Explorer creates a standard CF_HDROP clipboard block you can also hack it this way:

    uses
      clipbrd, shellapi;

    {$R *.DFM}

    procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
    var
      f: THandle;
      buffer: Array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
      i, numFiles: Integer;
    begin
      Clipboard.Open;
      try
        f := Clipboard.GetAsHandle(CF_HDROP);
        if f <> 0 then
        begin
          numFiles := DragQueryFile(f, $FFFFFFFF, nil, 0);
          memo1.Clear;
          for i:= 0 to numfiles - 1 do
          begin
            buffer[0] := #0;
            DragQueryFile( f, i, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
            memo1.lines.add(buffer);
          end;
        end;
      finally
        Clipboard.close;
      end;
    end;