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Task Dialogs in Vista
Rating: kirants - 02/08/2007 If you have been using Vista, you would have noticed that MessageBoxes are passé. These have been replaced by the new Task Dialogs. Task dialogs are intended to make the experience more interactive and goal-oriented. Take a tour of the Task Dialog API.
Implementing Reusable Drag '& Drop Classes
Rating: Leon Finker - 05/23/2001 A good starting point if you're looking to add drag and drop support to your app. The demo project has sample code for various clipboard formats.
Imitating Windows Explorer
Rating: none Leon Finker - 05/23/2001 Simulating the Windows explorer listview of files.
Cascading and Bitmapped Context Menus
Rating: Dino Esposito - 04/13/2001 Dino Esposito demonstrates a context menu shell extension which mimics the SendTo menu. It exposes a list of frequently visited folders each with its own icon and also pops up clicking on the folder's background.
Logging the Shell Activity
Rating: Dino Esposito - 04/13/2001 Dino Esposito illustrates why and how you can hook the Windows shell in order to log user activity.
Custom Folders with Active Desktop Templates
Rating: Dino Esposito - 04/13/2001 Dino Esposito illustrates that modifying the way in which Explorer displays the content of a folder is as easy as modifying the content of an HTT (HyperText Template) file. In fact, it's only minimally more work than changing a plain old HTML page
Custom Items For the Folder Options Dialog Box
Rating: Dino Esposito - 04/13/2001 Have you ever wanted to persist your shell extension settings? Dino Esposito shows an undocumented way to modify the Explorer Folder Options dialog to make your shell extension settings persistent.
Iconizer: An Example of a Systemwide Hook
Rating: none Bart G. - 04/10/2001 Utility that implements a hook to provide an extra caption button next to the minimize/maximize/close buttons on all Windows applications
Creating File Links
Rating: none Michael Taupitz - 02/07/1999 A new demo file has been added to complement this article.
Propertysheet Handler Appwizard
Rating: none Jeff Connelly - 02/01/1999 Property Sheet Wizard is a Visual C++ AppWizard. that creates a shell extension DLL that adds another property page to the Properties dialog
Creating IE-Style Shortcut on the Desktop
Rating: none Sundar & Naresh - 02/02/2001 Shows how to programmatically manipulate the registry to create shortcuts that look and behave like IE shortcut links