File Drop Target : Drag Drop « GUI Windows Forms « C# / CSharp Tutorial






using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;

  public class FileDropTargetForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
  {
    private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtMain;
    public FileDropTargetForm()
    {
      this.txtMain = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
      this.SuspendLayout();
      // 
      // txtMain
      // 
      this.txtMain.AcceptsReturn = true;
      this.txtMain.AcceptsTab = true;
      this.txtMain.AllowDrop = true;
      this.txtMain.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
      this.txtMain.Multiline = true;
      this.txtMain.Name = "txtMain";
      this.txtMain.ScrollBars = System.Windows.Forms.ScrollBars.Both;
      this.txtMain.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
      this.txtMain.TabIndex = 0;
      this.txtMain.Text = "";
      this.txtMain.DragOver += new System.Windows.Forms.DragEventHandler(this.txtMain_DragOver);
      this.txtMain.DragDrop += new System.Windows.Forms.DragEventHandler(this.txtMain_DragDrop);
      this.txtMain.TextChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.txtMain_TextChanged);
      // 
      // FileDropTargetForm
      // 
      this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
      this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
      this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                      this.txtMain});
      this.Name = "FileDropTargetForm";
      this.Text = "FileDrop Target";
      this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }
    static void Main() 
    {
      Application.Run(new FileDropTargetForm());
    }

    private void txtMain_DragOver(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs e)
    {
      if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop))
      {
        e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;
      }
    }

    private void txtMain_DragDrop(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs e)
    {
      if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop))
      {
        string[] strFiles = (string[])e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop);
        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(strFiles[0]);
        this.txtMain.Clear();
        this.txtMain.Text = reader.ReadToEnd();
        reader.Close();
      }
    }

    private void txtMain_TextChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
    
    }
  }








23.59.Drag Drop
23.59.1.Drag and Drop TextBoxDrag and Drop TextBox
23.59.2.File Drop Target
23.59.3.Drag Drop Sample