tim golden cggctimgoldenmeuk alex denham wrote thanks mike thinking something along lines using os modules tmpfile method althought im pretty post custom events tkinter event loop try first sorry alex ive spotted thread think whats happening dragdrop initiated windows runs minimessageloop drop event occurs youre still loop im sure interract whatever windows messageloop tkinters running behalf normal thing would post kind message asynchronously allowing drop code complete apps messageloop kick back see message posted waves hands tjg _______________________________________________ pythonwin32 mailing list kpitckaew45pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonwin32 fri 08 aug 2008 042542 0100 pythonwin32 subject