[RESOLVED] Drag and Drop from explorer

I have managed to drag and drop an image from one picturebox to another but I cannot figure out how to open up windows explorer and drag the image file from explorer to the picturebox.

The picturebox with the DragDrop method is below.

Private Sub Fcover_DragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles Fcover.DragDrop
Me.Fcover.Image = e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap)
End Sub

The method is firing but the image doesnt appear.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong ?

Is it also possible to find the name and location of the file I drag ?

TIA

Hi.

This is because, the dataformat is not a bitmap.
When you drag a file from the explorer, it's only a string, containing the filename.

So instead of retrieving the bitmap directly, you should retrieve the filename, and then use something like :

VB Code:

Dim S() As String = e.Data.GetData("FileName")
Me.Fcover.Image = Image.FromFile(S(0))

I haven't tested this, so it may need a little adjustment, but in theory it should work.

Good luck.

I'll give that a try.

Thanks

after quite a bit of messing about i managed to get something working which hopefully is what you need , you should look at the dataformat " FileNameW " , this holds the full path of your file. eg:

VB Code:

Dim im As Image = Nothing
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        PictureBox1.AllowDrop = True
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub PictureBox1_DragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles PictureBox1.DragEnter
        Dim file() As String
        If e.Data.GetDataPresent("FileNameW") Then
            file = e.Data.GetData("FileNameW")
            im = Image.FromFile(file(0))
            e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Move
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub PictureBox1_DragDrop(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles PictureBox1.DragDrop
        If Not im Is Nothing Then
            e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Move
            PictureBox1.Image = im
        End If
    End Sub