I'd like to have some kind of file browser like Windows Explorer inside a Java Application. I just want something that's able to list file inside a folder recursively. Is there a simple way to do this ? I already tried to use JFileChooser but it's not what I want. ...
How can I popup a windows explorer on a specific folder with a specific file highlighted ? I'm interested in solutions for XP, Vista and Windows 7. ...
I am trying to drag and drop a file onto a control in my application. The problem is that when you hold the mouse button down (i.e. dragging from widows explorer), my app does not fire any of the form events. They all work fine if the mouse is not down. Is appears that I need to enable the 'AllowDrop' for the application (it is enabled o...
Hi guys, i work with windows server 2003 (and 2008) and C#, i have a problem with systray of the desktop.I have done an application for disk managment and when the application start, it hide itself from taskbar and adds an icon in the systray. When i click on this icon (in the systray) the Form of the application is showed. I have cre...
Is there a way to override the icon and/or preview of a specific file format (my own) in Windows Explorer using C#? My files are xml files that contain a base-64 image, I'd like to display this image in Explorer as the file icon. ...
My client wants to add a link to a webpage. When the link is clicked, Windows Explorer will open and go to an FTP site (e.g., ftp://ftp.domain.com/). I tried the following HTML <a href="ftp://ftp.domain.com/">ftp://ftp.domain.com/</a> Unfortunately, this will open the FTP site in the web browser which supports downloading only but not...
I need develop a Java UI similar to windows explorer. The interface should have itens like icons and drag'n drop feature. ...
Has anyone been successful at launching an instance of Windows Explorer in the SYSTEM account on Windows Vista or 7? It is possible to do this on XP, but I haven't been able to get it to completely work in Vista or 7. Trying to launch Explorer as SYSTEM into session 1 (my user session) results in Explorer exiting immediately and returni...
I added a command to the right click context menu for sql files in windows explorer, but it only works if I select a single file. How can I make it work for multiple files. I added the command to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/sqlwb.sql.9.0/Shell/ExecSql/Command I'm on Windows 2008. Ideas? Thanks Edit: This does work. I suppose last night I must ...
Is it possible, (via some shell extension or similar) to customize the Windows shell (explorer.exe) to accomplish the following? Make it, upon navigating to a predefined path: draw over its surface - custom background, or even add custom forms for data input display custom listview items based on the "virtual" path provided (something...
Is there any way of adding extra fields to the details view of windows explorer? Similar to the 'dimensions' field of images, or the 'SVN Status' field that TortoiseSVN adds? I've got a program that lists information about each file in a folder, I'm just thinking it would be so much easier to use if I could do this. ...
I'm trying to detect the show system and hidden files settings from Windows Explorer in an application I'm writing. I'm using SHGetSetSettings and in calling it I have to specify one or more of the SSF Constants to specify what settings to retrieve. Finding out the hidden files settings was easy enough, I just had to specify SSF_SHOWAL...
Hi, I am trying to add programmatically a custom button to windows explorer toolbar in windows 7. I know how to add it manually but I need to do it in an installation process. Manually adding it involves changing windows registry. Also if someone knows how to take ownership of a key in windows registry (even beeing an administrator) and...
Our Windows file server has an archive service installed that "stubs" files that have not been accessed for a defined period of time. When a request for the stubbed file is sent to the server, the archive service replaces the stub with the original document and serves it to the user. A major complaint about the archive service was that ...
It's my guess. We list a files and directory by Windows Explorer. If Windows Explorer meets a exe file, it does, LoadLibraryEx(ExefileName, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE) Then extracts the icon, and represents it. But I'm not sure. Is there anyone who knows well about this? I'm finding a nice case with LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE Is th...
Dear All, I have written some encryption code in python that takes raw input message from user and then encrypts and decrypts it using AES. Now i want to enhance the working and i want that i can open the windows explorer from my code and browse to any file on my computer, select it and when i press OK button the path to file is stored ...
I'm developing a network redirector like SMB. Once a volume has been connected, I create 4 registry keys to following nodes. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\#UNCPATH HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##UNCPATH HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M...
In Windows Explorer, if I type in certain strings in the address bar, it will recognize them and auto-complete them and go to those special locations. For instance: Public Music My Documents Recycle Bin My question: is there a way for my application to add its own recognizable string there? ...
Is there a way (via shell extension or registry setting) to tell Windows Explorer that it shouldn't read files in the folder being shown in order to extract metadata or create thumbnails? The problem is that when the user navigates to the folder, Windows Explorer attempts to read all files in the folder and extract certain metadata fro...
Is there a way to query from qt the entries of the shell context menu (name and command)? Only if the application is run on Windows of course. ...