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July 29, 2008 - FolderView ActiveX 2008 brings drop-in Windows-Explorer-like folder browsing functionality to your apps. This UI component is a perfect replacement for the plain, inflexible, modal APIs which developers are currently limited to. It offers complete support for AutoUpdate, dragdrop, icons, contextmenus, non-filesystem items, default key-handling, infotips and renaming. It features powerful behavior control and customization functionality that takes it miles ahead of Windows Explorer by adding features like filtering, checkboxes, custom items and dragdrop control and customization of default contextmenus, displaynames, icons and infotips When combined with FileView and ShComboBox components, it recreates the entire Windows Explorer UI within seconds. FolderView ActiveX supports a variety of IDEs and tools including Visual Studio 2008. It has a royalty-free redistribution license and has no external dependencies.
FileView Control is available directly from LogicNP Software. Trial versions and detailed product information is available at http://www.ssware.com/fileview/fileview.htm .
Development licenses can be purchased starting from US $129. Multi-developer licenses, site licenses and Support and Upgrade Subscriptions are also available.
FolderView ActiveX Control 2008 has following features
Complete Windows Explorer look, feel and behavior
2-line integration with FileView and ShComboBox brings complete Windows Explorer functionality to your application.
Identical displaynames, icons and overlay icons.
Identical dragdrop functionality.
Identical renaming functionality.
Identical display of infotips for folder.
Identical display of contextmenus
Advanced customization features
Display multiple root nodes instead of a single 'Desktop' root node.
Set any folder - not just the Desktop - as the root.
Change default displaynames of folders and files.
Change default icons and overlay icons of folders and files.
Add custom items ( i.e. items not belonging to the shell ).
Add custom menuitems in the default shell contextmenus of folders and files.
Change default infotips of folders and files.
Display files as well as folders.
Advanced behavior control
Prevent display of contextmenus for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Prevent dragdrop for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow renaming for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow selection for all folders using a simple property or on a per-folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow expanding/collapsing on a per-folder basis using an event.
Simple but powerful programming model
Enumerate all folders shown in FolderView.
Enumerate all folders according to folder hierarchy structure.
Execute shell commands ( e.g. Cut, Delete, etc ) on folders.
Programmatically navigate the folder hierarchy.
Access complete information of a file/folder including its displayname, fullpath, checkstate
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