Drag and Drop in Windows Forms - A Primer

Into more useful territory yet again. The beloved Listview and Treeview controls are the most common controls you will see using D&D in applications. I've chosen the Listview because I managed to find an example of a TreeView on Microsoft's site and I decided to adapt it for the Listview which differs in only one way but which might cause problems. For reference the Treeview example can be found here.

So lets go straight to the code and I'll explain:-

Private Sub ListViewItemDrag(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.ItemDragEventArgs) Handles ListView1.ItemDrag, ListView2.ItemDrag
    DoDragDrop(e.Item, DragDropEffects.Move)
End Sub

Private Sub ListViewDragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles ListView1.DragEnter, ListView2.DragEnter
    e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Move
End Sub

Private Sub ListViewDragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles ListView1.DragDrop, ListView2.DragDrop
    Dim lvItem As ListViewItem
     Dim destItem As ListViewItem
     Dim destLv As ListView = CType(sender, ListView)
     Dim clX As Integer = destLv.PointToClient(New Point(e.X, e.Y)).X
     Dim clY As Integer = destLv.PointToClient(New Point(e.X, e.Y)).Y
     If e.Data.GetDataPresent("System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem", False) Then
         'dragging a listview item
         lvItem = CType(e.Data.GetData("System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem"), ListViewItem)
         destItem = CType(sender, ListView).GetItemAt(clX, clY)
         destLv.Items.Insert(destItem.Index, lvItem.Clone)
         lvItem.Remove()
     End If
End Sub