Drag Drop Sample with WPF

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  1. Robert
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    Feb 2009

    Posted 06 Jan 2012 Link to this post

    I'm working with the getting started article to demonstrate a basic implementation of the DragDropManager by dragging between two ListBoxes - http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/dragdropmanager-getting-started.html ;

    The following code produces an ArgumentException error - The value "System.Windows.DataObject" is not of type "ManageDragDrop.ApplicationInfo" and cannot be used in this generic collection.

    private void OnDrop(object sender, Telerik.Windows.DragDrop.DragEventArgs args)
            {
                ((IList)(sender as ListBox).ItemsSource).Add(args.Data);
            }


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  3. Answer
    Dimitrina
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    Posted 09 Jan 2012 Link to this post

    Hi Robert,

     Indeed you are right. 
    You will need to change the OnDragInitialize and the OnDrop events like so:

    private void OnDragInitialize(object sender, DragInitializeEventArgs args)
    {
        args.AllowedEffects = DragDropEffects.All;
        args.Data = ((FrameworkElement)args.OriginalSource).DataContext;
        args.DragVisual = new ContentControl { Content = args.Data, ContentTemplate = LayoutRoot.Resources["ApplicationTemplate"] as DataTemplate };
    }
     
    private void OnDrop(object sender, Telerik.Windows.DragDrop.DragEventArgs args)
    {
        ((IList)(sender as ListBox).ItemsSource).Add(((DataObject)args.Data).GetData(typeof(ApplicationInfo)));
    }

    Thank you for this remark. The help article will be updated and uploaded to live until the end of the week.

    Regards,
    Didie
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  5. Ahmet
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    Member since:
    Jan 2012

    Posted 18 Jan 2012 Link to this post

    I know this is a fairly simple example, and I have followed the demo, but still cannot get it working.

    Can someone please, please, please post a working solution of this example? (in VB, if possible)

    Thanks.
  7. James
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    Mar 2012

    Posted 08 Aug 2013 Link to this post

    I have the same problem. The VB.Net code for the getting started article is all jacked up. I was able to fix the typos but still can't get the demo to run. When I try to drag from the list nothing happens and OnDragInitialized never fires. I assume I'm missing some key piece of information. 
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  9. Nick
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    Posted 09 Aug 2013 Link to this post

    Hi James,

    You need to do a couple of things to ensure the firing of the events. The draggable element, in that case, the ListBoxItem, has to have the DragDropManager.AllowDrag/AllowCapturedDrag property set to true. 
    If anything else is handling the DragInitialize event, such as a DragDropBehavior, you need to subscribe to it with HandledEventsToo set to true.

    Let me know if this helps! 

    Regards,
    Nik
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