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From: Nobody on 30 Apr 2010 16:09 You can change the file association so your app starts first.
From: Karl E. Peterson on 30 Apr 2010 16:35 Nobody wrote: > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote... >> C. Kevin Provance wrote: >>>> The problem is, these "APIs" are really some pretty heavy-duty COM, which >>>> is an area I'm not particularly strong in. It's going to take someone >>>> who's very well versed in that to define all the type libraries needed to >>>> do this. >>> >>> Yeah, but you know someone who is, more or less. <eg> >>> >>> All I've seen so far are .Nxt related libraries, so I havn't looked at >>> them, well...at all. But if you have docs or info related to API or COM >>> interfaces, send it this way. Maybe we can come up with something. >> >> I haven't dug at all yet, either. I'll start collecting interface names, >> and such, as see where we get! :-) > > Maybe it's not necessary to create a type library. In my XP machine, I can > add a reference to "Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation" which points to > "C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll". Using Object Browser, I can see COM based > shell classes such as ShellLinkObject which is used to manipulate shortcuts. Now that's just *really* interesting! I've always used a typelib to get at the ShellLink interface. Without digging in too deeply, does that avenue let you create new LNK files, or just work with existing ones? Has that "always" been there, or is it an XP+ feature? > There are other classes, perhaps in Windows 7 more are listed. Actually, it looks like some elements disappeared. Just doing an eyeball comparison, the following classes that exist in XP aren't there in W7: IPassportClientServices ISearchCommandExt SearchCommand SearchCommandExecuteErrors But(!), it does appear the Shell class has quite a few new members in W7: AddToRecent CanStopService ExplorePolicy FindPrinter GetSetting GetSystemInformation IsRestricted IsServiceRunning ServiceStart ServiceStop ShellExecute ShowBrowserBar ToggleDesktop WindowsSecurity WindowSwitcher Interesting list! But I'm not seeing a lot that would get me thinking we could work with the new taskbar differently here, though. This looks like a fairly up-to-date list of what's there: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb773938%28v=VS.85%29.aspx -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Karl E. Peterson on 30 Apr 2010 17:00 Karl E. Peterson wrote: > C. Kevin Provance wrote: >>> The problem is, these "APIs" are really some pretty heavy-duty COM, which >>> is an area I'm not particularly strong in. It's going to take someone >>> who's very well versed in that to define all the type libraries needed to >>> do this. >> >> Yeah, but you know someone who is, more or less. <eg> >> >> All I've seen so far are .Nxt related libraries, so I havn't looked at >> them, well...at all. But if you have docs or info related to API or COM >> interfaces, send it this way. Maybe we can come up with something. > > I haven't dug at all yet, either. I'll start collecting interface names, and > such, as see where we get! :-) This would actually be right up there on the "Interesting!" scale... IApplicationDestinations Interface (Windows) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378413(v=VS.85).aspx IApplicationDocumentLists Interface (Windows) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378411(v=VS.85).aspx ICustomDestinationList Interface (Windows) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378402(v=VS.85).aspx ITaskbarList3 Interface (Windows) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391692(v=VS.85).aspx ITaskbarList4 Interface (Windows) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd562040(v=VS.85).aspx The ITaskbarList3/4 ones seem like they'd offer the most fun to play with. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 30 Apr 2010 19:17 "Nobody" <nobody(a)nobody.com> wrote: >You can change the file association so your app starts first. Hmm, now there's an interesting idea. The file association being MDB, MDE, etc. So mucking with it could highly irritate some people. Hmmmm, and if it's a user created MDB file my VB6 exe could just turn around and start up Access agonist the MDB. Interesting idea. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 30 Apr 2010 19:18
Karl E. Peterson <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote: >This would actually be right up there on the "Interesting!" scale... Whoa on a sec here. I haven't checked those URLs yet but <plaintive, whining voice> don't forget about my problem. Hehehe Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ |