Drag and drop WPF C# getting file path

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Hi I am trying to drag and drop a file on to a wpf window. I can get to here but I no data is available? I would like to get the file path such as
C:\\folder\\data.raw

C#

private void Window_Drop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Data.GetDataPresent("FileName"))
            {

                string folderPath = Convert.ToString(e.Data.GetData("FileName"));
                object data = e.Data.GetData(typeof(Object));
                //do whatever you need to do with the folder path
            }
        }

AllowDrop="True" Drop="Window_Drop"

Posted 23-Dec-12 7:00am

shekarchee

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Oleksandr Kulchytskyi · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-23T07:06:00

Hi, This is basically what you want to do.

C#

private void ImagePanel_Drop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{

  if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop))
  {
    // Note that you can have more than one file.
    string[] files = (string[])e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop);

    // Assuming you have one file that you care about, pass it off to whatever
    // handling code you have defined.
    HandleFileOpen(files[0]);
  }
}