how to drag a file and get path of it in VB.net

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How to implement a Panel in Winform , when a user drags a file on it (a simple .txt file) , it should accept it and stores its path into some variable called filepathname etc. which can be used earlier. I could find examples on how to implement drag and drop but not on how to get the path and store it for use later in the program. Using : Visual Studio 2008 - Vb.net

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Posted 17-Aug-13 4:19am

AbhinavGauniyal

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AbhinavGauniyal · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-17T04:41:00

Solved by me looking up through some sites. I dont know why i couldn't find them earlier!

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Private Sub dropdpanel_DragEnter(sender As Object, e As DragEventArgs) Handles dropdpanel.DragEnter
        If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop) Then
            e.Effect = DragDropEffects.All
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub dropdpanel_DragDrop(sender As Object, e As DragEventArgs) Handles dropdpanel.DragDrop
        If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop) Then
            Dim MyFiles() As String


            ' Assign the files to an array.
            MyFiles = e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop)
            'If there are more than one file, set first only
            'If you want another restrictment, please edit this.
            filepathname = MyFiles(0)

        End If
    End Sub