Flying Cow

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LOL - that´s pretty accurate...

Multi-column mode? that's exciting.. i'd love to see that ^^

I'm not up to speed with finder's fuctionality, but it would be soo nice to have breadcrumb folder navigation as well. Does Leopard/Snow Leopard come with that functionality?

Hopefully you'll include you’ll include your focusinXP functionality as well

Also, this is a bi~g personal favor but is there any chance you could consider this feature request even before it's released? It'd be my most important feature request: In FingerXP, add to it's Right Click Context Menu -> “Open in Explorer” or “Find Target in Explorer” <- I know this might not be 1:1 clone material, but every finder clone I’ve tried in the past (I know yours’ll be different,) no matter how good they were, I could never fully remove myself from needing to use *some* files in explorer, and so a make-or-break feature for me, was the ability to move back and forth between finder/explorer environments easily. (For instance, in firefox, having the extension IEVIEW https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/35, allows the user to right click on a webpage and Open it in IE. This is soo handy when running across a problem website.)

Also, maybe when you release your app, maybe you could include a little utility, like a reg/batch file to add an Explorer context menu item: “Find Target in FingerXP” that way it’s a 2-way street

#517564

@firecracker6:

I'll take that one into account.

Sometimes I've found myself selecting a FingerXP instance and trying to delete files, etc... This is because I have Styler and FindeXer installed, and then I confuse FingerXP with Explorer

It will be two way. Indeed I'd like to implement this:

Shortcut which would open Explorer with whatever folder is open in the FingerXP window you're currently working.
The same shortcut, when pressed in an Explorer window, would open FingerXP with the current folder

When pressing the shortcut, the original FingerXP/Explorer would close, while the equivalent Explorer/FingerXP window would open, showing the same folder.

The only problem is, I don't know how to imlpement it (for the Explorer part). Yes, I can implement a folder right-click entry, but it would be a lot cooler to have a shortcut which works in both Explorer and FingerXP and switches between them (I use keyboard a lot).

If someone knows how to retrieve the folder an explorer window is showing, given it's window handle, it would be a killer thing to know. Something like:

BOOL GetExplorerFolder (HWND explorerWindowHandle, LPWSTR result, int cchMaxResult);

Edit

Ok, just wanted to leave a note to myself:

C:Archivos de programaBorlandDelphi5ProjectsFingerXPCommandPromptExplorerBarCommandPromptExplo
rerBar.zipCommandBarCtrlMHook.cs
C:Archivos de programaBorlandDelphi5ProjectsFingerXPCommandPromptExplorerBarCommandPromptExplo
rerBar.zipCommandBarCommandBarObj.cs@'String currentDir'

#517572

@ Matonga,

Interesting idea. I have some notes on that:

~ Having one window close (for instance: "My Documents" in FingerXP) and the the corresponding window open (for instance: "My Documents" in Explorer) is a neat idea, but a little nervous for those of us who use QTTabbar with many tabs open in a single explorer window. http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/

~ Also, doesn't the Finder in Leopard have tabs as well? Do you plan on having tabs in FingerXP? This would be so~ nice, since Explorer has become tolerably useful and friendly to me since QTTabbar entered my life. ^^

~ Regarding your idea to put enable a shortcut in an Explorer window, maybe you'd be interested in looking into QTTabbar's plugin interface. You could write a plugin that works with QTTabbar and would allow you to place a shortcut as you were suggesting. That program can be so damn useful. (Plugin SDK: http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/plugins )

~ maybe AutoHotkey http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack...tcut-316589.php would work for something?

#517579

@firecracker6:

I'm not sure Finder has tabs... I know Pathfinder has (an alternative to Finder for Mac OS X).

I'll try tomorrow to see if I can open tabs in Finder.

Edit

I found this: http://www.tuaw.com/2006/06/28/yet-another...ard-wait-video/ , not sure though (it's a pre-release version of Leopard, so it may have been removed then).

#517598

wow... i thought it would be easy looking up the source on what led me to believe Finder would have tabs. Nothing's surfaced. I thought at first maybe it was regarding Snow Leopard. But can't find anything to back me up on that right now either..

in any case, a tabbed finder would be kinda handy; have you used Pathfinder?

#517599

I´m pretty sure that the final Leopard doesn´t have tabs in Finder.

#517617

If someone knows how to retrieve the folder an explorer window is showing, given it's window handle, it would be a killer thing to know. Something like:

BOOL GetExplorerFolder (HWND explorerWindowHandle, LPWSTR result, int cchMaxResult);

Hello, Matias,

try this code:

function GetAddressByHandle(Handle: integer): string;

var ShellWindows: IShellWindows;

	i: integer;

begin

  Result := 'Not found...';

  ShellWindows := CoShellWindows.Create;

  for i := 0 to ShellWindows.Count - 1 do

  if (ShellWindows.item(i) as IWebBrowser2Disp).Hwnd = Handle then

  begin

	Result := (ShellWindows.item(i) as IWebBrowser2Disp).LocationUrl;

	break;

  end;

end;

you will have address like "file:///c:/foldername"

Also it's possible to find address box. But what if you use something like styler toolbar?

var

	H,H1,H2,H3:HWND;

	Text:string;

	P:integer;



Begin



  H:=FindWindow('CabinetWClass', nil);

  H1:=FindWindowEx(H, 0, 'WorkerW', nil);

  H2:=FindWindowEx(H1, 0, 'ReBarWindow32', nil);

  H3:=FindWindowEx(H2, 0, 'ComboBoxEx32', nil);

  p:=Sendmessage(H3,wm_gettextlength,0,0);

  SetLength(Text, p);

  Sendmessage(H3,wm_gettext,p,integer(Text));



end.

But I would use browser helper object (BHO). There are IWebBrowser object and all what you need and even more

#517627

@KSoft:

Wow didn't know about the first alternative!

For the second one (reading the address box)... isn't it needed to set your Windows to show the full path? (a relative path is shown by default).

And about BHO, that's what I'll try first, and I'll use CommandPromptExplorerBar as a reference.

As far as I'm able to see, you get very well with shell stuff

#517629

@KSoft:

Wow didn't know about the first alternative!

For the second one (reading the address box)... isn't it needed to set your Windows to show the full path? (a relative path is shown by default).

And about BHO, that's what I'll try first, and I'll use CommandPromptExplorerBar as a reference.

As far as I'm able to see, you get very well with shell stuff

That's a Google... If seriously, I'm working on toolbar like styler but rather like Mac Finder toolbar (let's call it "Fac Minder toolbar"? lol). So some time I searched for possibility to work with Explorer:

On, address bar, really I have not thought at all about it. It's not good variant. But with BHO you can even have paths like "::{..." (my comp etc) so it's cool

Btw, maybe virtual folder would be good for cover flow. Look, at bottom of this page, there are custom form in Explorer: http://it.kgsu.ru/DelCOM/com_0010.html

#517634

Btw, maybe virtual folder would be good for cover flow. Look, at bottom of this page, there are custom form in Explorer: http://it.kgsu.ru/DelCOM/com_0010.html

unit IShlView looks really interesting, though it doesn't explain how to add it to any IShellFolder.CreateViewWindow, this it, to integrate it into the operating system and not only for shell folders defined by myself.

#517655

If seriously, I'm working on toolbar like styler but rather like Mac Finder toolbar (let's call it "Fac Minder toolbar"? lol). So some time I searched for possibility to work with Explorer:

Is this also for vista or only XP. (Not that I use Vista by now..)

#517663

Björn, it's for XP only, I don't think it can works with Vista.

It would be good to add the button "Open Flying Cow" there when FC will work with Explorer.

Certainly with Matonga's permissions

#517664

Sorry, double post

#517665

@KSoft, One of the reasons I could never use Styler (eventhough I loved the idea,) was because it wouldn't play nicely with other apps, like Topdesk (Expose Style App) which required screencaptures of windows, regarding these apps, for instance when Styler was enabled, it would leave a solid black region when exposing windows using Topdesk. Looked so out of place and ugly, I had to choose one over the other. however, other toolbar apps like YzToolbar, and explorer breadcrumbbar work properly. Would your program be screen-capture app friendly, or would it be Styler-like?

By the way, I've really enjoyed your releases so far so I certainly hope you decide to continue with it Oh and if you release your Fac Minder toolbar, is there any chance you can include a breadcrumb style navigation option as well

#517683

@KSoft & firecracker6:

Styler should process WM_PAINT and WM_PRINT messages. Failing to do so is what finally gives a black square in XP and Aero-disabled Vistas when apps such as TopDesk try to capture it.

#517690

so what you're saying is that little bit of code was left out?

#517696

Yes... probably they just need to change this:

case WM_PAINT:
   ....

To this:

case WM_PRINT:
case WM_PAINT:
	....

I know it looks pretty simple and stupid, but... I hope you know what I mean

#517702

In which file?

#517707

double post. sorry.

#517710

In which file?

Dunno, I don't have Styler sources

#517711

@Firecracker6, @Matonga

I've uninstalled Vista...

But in XP my bar works well with TopDesk if Win visual style enabled. With WindowBlinds this bar is also visible but without WB borders.

// Edit: Please check http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=50906 for navigation toolbar from screenshot above.

I really should create separate thread to not litter Flying Cow thread by other info

#517716

I know it looks pretty simple and stupid, but... I hope you know what I mean

so uhh yea.. the question wasn't for me.. it was for my friend.. pilesmacker8. I'm not stupid or simple or anything. ^^

but it's unfortunate Styler devs ended maintaining their app before fixing that. I never could bring myself to use the program because of that unfortunate characteristic. I always wondered if it was simply an oversight in the code or due to the programming approach/environment used. Thanks for the info!

#517750

@ Whoever is developing Flying Cow...

I read a thread somewhere that STEEL SKIES was the original creator of COVERFLOW. And that they sold all intellectual rights to APPLE to integrate it into Itunes. But they forgot to take the setup off one site : Download.com

http://www.cnet.com.au/downloads/soa/Cover...0568826s,00.htm

I hope the above link will help you create a better coverflow clone for windows XP. Or maybe you could modify it to be run on XP or to be integrated into Finderbar Skins for Objectbar.... The above ORIGINAL COVERFLOW Software is in .dmg format, works only on Mac Tiger.

If the link goes dead, contact me, i have downloaded the file.

#518222

@ Whoever is developing Flying Cow...
I read a thread somewhere that STEEL SKIES was the original creator of COVERFLOW. And that they sold all intellectual rights to APPLE to integrate it into Itunes. But they forgot to take the setup off one site : Download.com
http://www.cnet.com.au/downloads/soa/Cover...0568826s,00.htm
I hope the above link will help you create a better coverflow clone for windows XP. Or maybe you could modify it to be run on XP or to be integrated into Finderbar Skins for Objectbar.... The above ORIGINAL COVERFLOW Software is in .dmg format, works only on Mac Tiger.
If the link goes dead, contact me, i have downloaded the file.

So what do you have to do with it?

#518229