Question

I have a WPF Control and I want to drop a specific file from my desktop to this control. This is not a heavy part but I would like to check the file extension to allow or disallow the dropping. What is the best way to solve this problem?

Answer 1

I think this should work:

<Grid>
    <ListBox AllowDrop="True" DragOver="lbx1_DragOver" 
                                                      Drop="lbx1_Drop"></ListBox>
</Grid>

Let’s assume you want to allow only C# files:

private void lbx1_DragOver(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
   bool dropEnabled = true;
   if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop, true))
   {
      string[] filenames = 
                       e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop, true) as string[];

      foreach (string filename in filenames)
      {
         if(System.IO.Path.GetExtension(filename).ToUpperInvariant() != ".CS")
         {
            dropEnabled = false;
    break;
         }
       }
   }
   else
   {
      dropEnabled = false;
   }

   if (!dropEnabled)
   {
      e.Effects = DragDropEffects.None;
  e.Handled = true;
   }            
}


private void lbx1_Drop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    string[] droppedFilenames = 
                        e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop, true) as string[];
}