Drag and drop large virtual files from C# to Windows Explorer

Question

I have a C# WPF application with a section that serves as an FTP client, listing files on a remote server and allowing the user to download them. I want the user to be able

Answer 1

I got the same issue, easy to fix though ;)

The problem is that we are creating a new memory stream whereas it is not needed since we already have ours. You can create in c# an Stream wrapper that implements IStream:

    /// 

/// Simple class that exposes a read-only Stream as a IStream.
/// 
private class StreamWrapper : IStream
{

   private Stream _stream;

   public StreamWrapper(Stream stream)

   {
       _stream = stream;
   }

   public void Read(byte[] pv, int cb, System.IntPtr pcbRead)

   {
       Marshal.WriteInt32(pcbRead, _stream.Read(pv, 0, cb));
   }

   public void Seek(long dlibMove, int dwOrigin, System.IntPtr plibNewPosition)

   {
       Marshal.WriteInt32(plibNewPosition, (int)_stream.Seek(dlibMove, (SeekOrigin)dwOrigin));
   }

   public void Clone(out IStream ppstm)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void Commit(int grfCommitFlags)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void CopyTo(IStream pstm, long cb, IntPtr pcbRead, IntPtr pcbWritten)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void LockRegion(long libOffset, long cb, int dwLockType)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void Revert()

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void SetSize(long libNewSize)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void Stat(out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG pstatstg, int grfStatFlag)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void UnlockRegion(long libOffset, long cb, int dwLockType)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }

   public void Write(byte[] pv, int cb, IntPtr pcbWritten)

   {
       throw new NotImplementedException();
   }
}

And then in the VirtualFileDataObject class, change the signature of the SetData method so that you pass now a Stream:

public void SetData(short dataFormat, int index, Stream stream)
{
  ...
  var iStream = new StreamWrapper(stream);
  ...
  // Ensure the following line is commented out:
  //Marshal.ReleaseComObject(iStream);
  return new Tuple(ptr, NativeMethods.S_OK);
 ...
}

Now, no new memory stream will be created.

For further info, go to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/delay/archive/2009/11/04/creating-something-from-nothing-asynchronously-developer-friendly-virtual-file-implementation-for-net-improved.aspx#10496772 and read my comments