drag and drop file from MS-Explorer into MFC CView

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Hi All,

When droping a file draged from ms-explorer, I receive a notification in my COW2AGView::OnDrop(COleDataObject* pDataObject, DROPEFFECT dropEffect, CPoint point) member function, that's fine.

Now, how do I get this file's fullpath and filename?

Steph

Posted 9-Aug-12 14:03pm

Stephane Poirier

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Argonia · Answer 1 · 2012-08-09T20:18:00

After researching a little bit msdn i think you should try this way :
1) you use the COleDataObject::GetFileData function
COleDataObject::GetFileData to get the pointer to FORMATETC structure
2)use the IDataObject::GetData with that pointer to get the pointer to STGMEDIUM structure
FORMATETC
IDataObject::GetData
STGMEDIUM
3)and then just get the lpszFileName from the STGMEDIUM structure.It should contain the path and the name of the file.
I hope this will help you :)