Need help with drag-and-drop visual representation (beyond cursor change)

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From: mac2mfc <estes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:12:55 -0700

I would like to be able to have a drag-and-drop operation from one
window to another give the visual appearance of a simple image being
dragged, with the image being visible and unchanged throughout its
journey, including over the desktop or whatever else is visible in the
background between the two windows.

This turned out to be pretty easy to do in the Mac version I
programmed first, so I'm hoping there is a similarly easy way with
MFC.

The image I want to show being dragged is actually just text with a
transparent background. It should appear along with the cursor.

Can anyone point me to some example code or outline the way to
proceed?

Thanks.

Bob Estes

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