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How to Implement a Mouse Hover/Leave Message on the System Tray
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Ever wanted to get a mouse hover/leave message from the system tray? The Windows shell doesn't support that. This class is a solution that works.
Simple Shell Extension to Manipulate File Summary Information
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A very basic shell extention to add and reterive the comments of the files.
Imitating Windows Explorer
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Simulating the Windows explorer listview of files.
Implementing Reusable Drag '& Drop Classes
Published 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.
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Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
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The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
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