Emulating Finder In Windows

I'm wondering whether anyone has tried hacking Windows Explorer to operate in a manner akin to finder.

I've been off the group for a while so havent seen anything like this done before.

The basic principle is set out Here

It effectively allows you to replace the standard fileview in Windows Explorer with any alternative you might want to use allowing for the Icon/list/Heirarchy view that Aqua uses when viewing file in finder.

I just wondered whether there are any existing project which use this method before I go about re-inventing the wheel in order to implement it.

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Have you seen this?

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hmmm...how about xplore?

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He is talking about writing an NSE, not a stand-alone app.

Havent seen anybody do that.

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what about kabals finder toolbar attachment?

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Originally posted by Connor@Jul 28 2004, 12:32 AM

It effectively allows you to replace the standard fileview in Windows Explorer with any alternative you might want to use allowing for the Icon/list/Heirarchy view that Aqua uses when viewing file in finder.

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This is a misinterpretation. You can't replace Explorers default file view by

implementing IShellView. You can however, mimic it for your self provided

extensions to the Explorer Namespace. That article says 'replicate' but

not 'replace'.

Of course, you could load your extension dll somehow into explorer and subclass

the listview, make it owner draw and smuggle some Aqua style labels into it

but I guess this will have many dependencies and questionable stability.

Best idea would be contacting the makers of YZToolbar and ask them how they

actually replace the toolbar icons; maybe you can hitch hike into explorer.

hth,

herd

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Originally posted by herd@Jul 28 2004, 11:15 AM

This is a misinterpretation. You can't replace Explorers default file view by

implementing IShellView. You can however, mimic it for your self provided

extensions to the Explorer Namespace. That article says 'replicate' but

not 'replace'.

Of course, you could load your extension dll somehow into explorer and subclass

the listview, make it owner draw and smuggle some Aqua style labels into it

but I guess this will have many dependencies and questionable stability.

Best idea would be contacting the makers of YZToolbar and ask them how they

actually replace the toolbar icons; maybe you can hitch hike into explorer.

hth,

herd

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Yes, but you can create unique views for specific unique namespaces, this occurs with Cab and Zip views with system folders with the control panel.

So in theory you could create a custom view in this method and have a unique namespace on the desktop that mimics explorer with the OSX altered view.

The unique namespace would take the form of OSX's drive Icons.

Need to have some further thoughts on this one.

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#212207

And then?

Keeping the OSXHI guidelines in mind when trying to mimic the OSX findermenu, we stumble upon one main problem with mimicking this on M$ Windows; namely consistancy.

Because it is fairly known that M$ cheats on menu's, some menu's aren't menu's, but disguised toolbars, that's why proggy's like OB & McBar can't deliver complete replacement. It's not their fault, but due to inconsistency in the M$ OS. I think there is no cure...or am I wrong?

Any thoughts guys? Is there hope?

wiebeest

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You've got a point there. But we can't just give up because of technical shortcomings of our (unchosen) platform.

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