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From: mp on 25 Jun 2010 19:16 I'm working on a little app for my own use, to have a form with multiple "file views" at this point i'm using listboxes, populated with the files from selected folders click a button, add a listbox(control array), select a folder- file list appears typically i have to look at a dozen or so explorers during the day and it's handy to have them all in one form so i don't have to manually resize and reposition lots of windows. i'm wondering if there's a way (api?) to substitute a more windows explorer type view for the list box.(without the toolbars and captions at top - just the file window) i could use a list view, make similar headings for file/date/etc - but then i have to implement all the sorting/right click menus etc...so i'm wondering if there's anything that would be partially 'ready made' and i could just replace the calls that add a list box to the form with a call to adding a ? to the form any ideas? thanks mark
From: GS on 25 Jun 2010 20:09 mp expressed precisely : > I'm working on a little app for my own use, to have a form with multiple > "file views" > at this point i'm using listboxes, populated with the files from selected > folders > click a button, add a listbox(control array), select a folder- file list > appears > > typically i have to look at a dozen or so explorers during the day and it's > handy to have them all in one form so i don't have to manually resize and > reposition lots of windows. > > i'm wondering if there's a way (api?) to substitute a more windows explorer > type view for the list box.(without the toolbars and captions at top - just > the file window) > > i could use a list view, make similar headings for file/date/etc - but then i > have to implement all the sorting/right click menus etc... What sorting and right-click menus? If you treat the listview[s] same as a listbox, there's nothing to do unless you want a right-click menu. The contents will be ordered same as found in the folder and so if you just add them in the order found then what sorting do you need? > so i'm wondering if > there's anything that would be partially 'ready made' and i could just > replace the calls that add a list box to the form with a call to adding a ? > to the form Not that I know of that's 'free'. But once you set up a listview it's pretty much going to be what you want<IMO>, and so adding multiple instances should be as easy as changing the ref for your listbox to ref the listview. Other options would be a grid control OR an automated instance of Excel, where you can add a worksheet for each folder and store the details in columns that mimic an explorer fileview pane. You could also view multiple folders on a single sheet and just pan horizontally. -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
From: mp on 25 Jun 2010 20:51 "GS" <gesansom(a)netscape.net> wrote in message news:i03ggo$nm9$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > mp expressed precisely : >> I'm working on a little app for my own use, to have a form with multiple >> "file views" >> at this point i'm using listboxes, populated with the files from selected >> folders >> click a button, add a listbox(control array), select a folder- file list >> appears >> >> typically i have to look at a dozen or so explorers during the day and >> it's handy to have them all in one form so i don't have to manually >> resize and reposition lots of windows. >> >> i'm wondering if there's a way (api?) to substitute a more windows >> explorer type view for the list box.(without the toolbars and captions at >> top - just the file window) >> >> i could use a list view, make similar headings for file/date/etc - but >> then i have to implement all the sorting/right click menus etc... > > What sorting and right-click menus? If you treat the listview[s] same as a > listbox, there's nothing to do unless you want a right-click menu. The > contents will be ordered same as found in the folder and so if you just > add them in the order found then what sorting do you need? oh just like you can click the header of a column and sort on that column, eg, date, or name i know you can do that with some fancy tricks, i'm sure ive got some articles on that around here somewhere... or right click menu to open, or delete a file, or whatever... also probably want to add drag drop, which of course is also doable... >> so i'm wondering if there's anything that would be partially 'ready made' >> and i could just replace the calls that add a list box to the form with a >> call to adding a ? to the form > > Not that I know of that's 'free'. But once you set up a listview it's > pretty much going to be what you want<IMO>, and so adding multiple > instances should be as easy as changing the ref for your listbox to ref > the listview. probably that would be the way to go, thanks for the nudge... .... > Other options would be a grid control OR an automated instance of Excel, > where you can add a worksheet for each folder and store the details in > columns that mimic an explorer fileview pane. You could also view multiple > folders on a single sheet and just pan horizontally. > > -- > Garry > > Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org > ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc >
From: Jimekus on 26 Jun 2010 00:36 On Jun 26, 11:16 am, "mp" <nos...(a)thanks.com> wrote: > I'm working on a little app for my own use, to have a form with multiple > "file views" > at this point i'm using listboxes, populated with the files from selected > folders > click a button, add a listbox(control array), select a folder- file list > appears > > typically i have to look at a dozen or so explorers during the day and it's > handy to have them all in one form so i don't have to manually resize and > reposition lots of windows. > > i'm wondering if there's a way (api?) to substitute a more windows explorer > type view for the list box.(without the toolbars and captions at top - just > the file window) > > i could use a list view, make similar headings for file/date/etc - but then > i have to implement all the sorting/right click menus etc...so i'm wondering > if there's anything that would be partially 'ready made' and i could just > replace the calls that add a list box to the form with a call to adding a ? > to the form > > any ideas? > thanks > mark CubicExplorer has session tabs that can be saved. I think it's from some folks at Mozilla.
From: Mayayana on 26 Jun 2010 09:44
This doesn't exactly answer your question, but I really wonder whether that idea is worth the trouble. A giant window with numerous Explorer views in it seems awkward. If you really want that then why not just use Explorer? Put a button, a label, and a WebBrowser control on a form. (I named the latter WB because I hate to type.) Add a reference to "Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation". Add the following code to the form: '---------------------------------------- Option Explicit Enum FOLDERVIEWMODE FVM_ICON = 1 FVM_SMALLICON = 2 FVM_LIST = 3 FVM_DETAILS = 4 FVM_THUMBNAIL = 5 FVM_TILE = 6 FVM_THUMBSTRIP = 7 End Enum Dim WithEvents SFW As ShellFolderView Private Sub Command1_Click() WB.Navigate2 "C:\" WB.Document.CurrentViewMode = FVM_SMALLICON End Sub Private Sub SFW_SelectionChanged() Debug.Print SFW.SelectedItems.Count If SFW.SelectedItems.Count = 1 Then Label1.Caption = SFW.SelectedItems.Item(0).Name End If End Sub Private Sub WB_DocumentComplete(ByVal pDisp As Object, URL As Variant) Set SFW = WB.Document End Sub '--------------------------------------- Back in the days of Active Desktop, a folder window literally housed an IE browser window. Microsoft pretended that Explorer and IE are somehow the same thing, so they'd have an excuse not to cooperate with gov't regulators in the Netscape case. IE is no longer directly linked with folder windows, since WinXP, but Microsoft has maintained backward compatibility. So when you load a webpage into a WB you've got an InternetExplorer_Server class window (a browser instance) and the Document object is a webpage Document. But if you navigate to a folder, while the resulting object is still called an InternetExplorer object, it has nothing to do with IE. The Document object in that case is a ShellFolderView! A SFV is basically a wrapper around the folder's ListView, specifically designed for Explorer's use. So with numerous WBs you can open numerous folders and at the same time hook into Explorer. To try the above code, just run the program and click the button. Select different folder items to see their names show above the folder window. That shows that you have access to the SFV selection event, and access to any folder item as a FolderItem object. Personally, I still don't think it's worth the trouble. I also do a lot with Explorer, and I maintain close to a dozen partitions. But I just leave shortcuts on my Desktop for them. And I add shortcuts in folder windows. [That was easy pre-XP. In XP I had to write a shell extension Explorer Bar to do the job: http://www.jsware.net/jsware/jsfv.php5 ] I find it very convenient. Every folder has custom links like Windows, System, VB Files, Graphics, etc. So I can jump from one location to another. Combined with adding "Open in New Window" to the context menu for folders, it makes navigation very fast. The code for jsFolderView is not "open source", but I'm happy to share any parts that anyone else might want if they want to make their own Explorer Bar. It can make folder windows far more functional than just having the nearly useless "Places Bar". (The Places Bar is bad enough, but even worse is that the places change depending on where you are! I'm forever astonished at how little imagination goes into Explorer's GUI, considering that's the part that everyone sees. Microsoft continues to polish the techno-kitsch with each version. (Don'tcha just love those "transparent window frames? :) But they don't put much effort into adding functionality. | I'm working on a little app for my own use, to have a form with multiple | "file views" | at this point i'm using listboxes, populated with the files from selected | folders | click a button, add a listbox(control array), select a folder- file list | appears | | typically i have to look at a dozen or so explorers during the day and it's | handy to have them all in one form so i don't have to manually resize and | reposition lots of windows. | | i'm wondering if there's a way (api?) to substitute a more windows explorer | type view for the list box.(without the toolbars and captions at top - just | the file window) | | i could use a list view, make similar headings for file/date/etc - but then | i have to implement all the sorting/right click menus etc...so i'm wondering | if there's anything that would be partially 'ready made' and i could just | replace the calls that add a list box to the form with a call to adding a ? | to the form | | any ideas? | thanks | mark | | |