Get filename of dragged icon on Windows

is that C++ or C# that you need? Winforms or WPF?

C#   :-)
Thanks jkr! ! !

I'll try this tomorrow morning!

Winforms or WPF?

Wpf...

No need to use Shell. Here is a WPF sample:

public MainWindow()
{
	InitializeComponent();
	TextBox1.AllowDrop = true;
	TextBox1.PreviewDragEnter += TextBox1_DragEnter;
}

private void TextBox1_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
	Label1.Content = string.Empty;

	if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop, true))
	{
		string[] filenames = (string[])e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop, true);
		foreach (string filename in filenames)
		{
			Label1.Content += filename + "  ";
		}
	}
	e.Effects = DragDropEffects.All;
	e.Handled = true;
}

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I don't want to detect drops, I want to detect the start of drag only.

My code lets you preview before you drop. The drop is not handled. What are your trying to do exactly?

Ok, I read it too quick.  Thanks a lot for your help.  I'd love to be able to tell you but I should not because of work...  Sorry.  I'll try tomorrow morning.  Thanks again!

I don't think your method will work Eric, I don't have a textbox to preview..  I really only want Windows messages with no ui involved from my app...

jkr, I don't think I can get the shell method to work either.  My program is minimized and the drop target is not known and the drop target is irrelevant (it's another unknown application)....

What are your trying to do exactly?

lol... You're persistent Eric!  I suppose I can tell you I'm trying to get the filename of a file that is dropped into a browser.

I am trying to understand your process (and I am sure others are trying to). By better understanding the process, we might be able to propose better solution!

So you have an application and you want to detect what is being drag-and-drop to a browser but this browser is not in your application. Right?

Correct

Then I am clueless!

Thanks for trying  :)
Unfortunately I don't think it's possible.

That's not ok for commercial software.  We don't know the source window, so we'd have to invade the system and do a little too much spying.  If we owned the source then that would be ok...

Then again, if we owned the source, we wouldn't even have to do that...

I've requested that this question be deleted for the following reason:

The question has either no comments or not enough useful information to be called an "answer".

Evering is there that is needed and since LeeTutor only knows Delete Requests, objecting is mandantory.

Thanks for your answers!