How to determine the OLE drag and drop of the WinForms GridControl?

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OLE drag and drop

An OLE drop target of the Grid is determined by the DragDropTargetFlags in the Grid’s Model.Options class. These flags control the clipboard format type of the data, whether the columns or rows can be appended to accommodate the dropped data or not, and whether auto scrolling is supported or not. Check the enumeration for GridDragDropFlags to see the full set of options.

//trigger the dragover event        
this.gridControl1.DragOver += gridControl1_DragOver;
this.gridControl2.DragOver += gridControl2_DragOver;
 //turn off being a drop target
 gridControl1.Model.Options.DragDropDropTargetFlags = GridDragDropFlags.Disabled;
// turn on accepting text
 gridControl1.Model.Options.DragDropDropTargetFlags = GridDragDropFlags.Text;
//accept both text and styles
gridControl1.Model.Options.DragDropDropTargetFlags = GridDragDropFlags.Text | GridDragDropFlags.Text;
void gridControl2_DragOver(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    //Forces copy of the dragged items
    e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;
}
void gridControl1_DragOver(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    //Forces copy of the dragged items
    e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;
}

'trigger the dragover event        
Private Me.gridControl1.DragOver += AddressOf gridControl1_DragOver
Private Me.gridControl2.DragOver += AddressOf gridControl2_DragOver
'turn off being a drop target
gridControl1.Model.Options.DragDropDropTargetFlags = GridDragDropFlags.Disabled
'turn on accepting text
gridControl1.Model.Options.DragDropDropTargetFlags = GridDragDropFlags.Text
'accept both text and styles
gridControl1.Model.Options.DragDropDropTargetFlags = GridDragDropFlags.Text Or GridDragDropFlags.Text
void gridControl2_DragOver(Object sender, DragEventArgs e)
         'Forces copy of the dragged items
         e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy
void gridControl1_DragOver(Object sender, DragEventArgs e)
         'Forces copy of the dragged items
         e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy

After applying the properties, the grid is shown below,

Drag and drop data from one grid to another