A User Interface Suite by LogicNP Software

Shell MegaPack ActiveX 2008 recreates the entire Windows Explorer file & folder browsing UI functionality in your app in just a couple of seconds. Consisting of a folder tree control, a file/folder list control and a drive-selection control, it completely mimics the Windows Explorer UI including Thumbnail, Detail & Group View, dragdrop, icons, context menus, virtual items, infotips and renaming. Additionally, it features advanced functionality like item filtering, multiple-root nodes, checkboxes, custom items, custom columns and allows customization of context menus, dragdrop, appearance, display names, icons, overlay icons and infotips. It is a perfect replacement for the plain, inflexible, modal APIs which developers are currently limited to.

Also included is the ShellObjects set of components for creating quick launch-like appbars, displaying multiple MSN/Office2003 style popups, wizard UIs, animated tray icons, automatic form resizing, Vista-style task dialogs, system-wide hotkeys, task scheduler library, SingleInstanceComponent, shell file operations, system idle notifications and create and read shortcuts and internet shortcuts.

Shell MegaPack is written in 100% C++; It fully supports Visual Studio 2008 and Vista; it has a royalty-free redistribution license; it has no external dependencies and it comes with comprehensive documentation and numerous samples.

*Complete Windows Explorer look, feel and behavior
Identical displaynames, icons and overlay icons shown for files/folders.
Complete support for all viewstyles including ‘Thumbnail’, ‘Details’ and ‘GroupView’ styles.
Identical dragdrop functionality.
Identical renaming functionality.
Identical display of infotips for files/folders.
Identical display of contextmenus ( including 'Send To' and any other submenus) for files/folders.
Identical default-key handling functionality ( e.g. Alt-Enter shows the properties dialog box)
Powerful AutoUpdate functionality refreshes controls automatically when files/folders are renamed, deleted or created.

*Advanced customization features
Developer specified displaynames for files/folders.
Developer specified icons and overlay icons for files/folders.
Display of custom items ( i.e. items not belonging to the shell ).
Display of custom columns in ‘Details’ mode.
Fully customize the Windows context menu shown for files/folders.
Display of developer specified infotips for files/folders.
Developer controlled filtering of files/folders ( using a simple event )
Display of checkboxes next to each file/folder.
Total appearance control by changing backcolor, forecolor, text fonts and other properties.

*Advanced behavior control
Prevent display of contextmenus for all files/folders using a simple property or on a per-file/folder basis using an event.
Prevent dragdrop for all files/folders using a simple property or on a per-file/folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow renaming for all files/folders using a simple property or on a per-file/folder basis using an event.
Allow/disallow selection for all files/folders using a simple property or on a per-filesfolder basis using an event.
Change default drag actions during dragdrop ( e.g. from Copy To Move )
Control checking/unchecking on a per-file/folder basis.
Prevent execution of default shell commands ( e.g. Open, Cut, Properties, etc. in response to keystrokes or through the context menu) for all files/folders using a simple property or on a per-file/folder basis using an event.
Show/hide hidden files/folders using a simple property.
Show/hide virtual folders ( e.g. Control Panel ) using a simple property.

*Simple but powerful programming model
Enumerate all files/folders.
Execute shell commands ( e.g. Cut, Delete, etc ) on files/folders.
Programmatically navigate the folder hierarchy.
Access complete information of a file/folder including its displayname, fullpath, checkstate, selection state and attributes like whether it is a shortcut, shared, hidden, readonly, file and folder.
Associate developer defined data with each file/folder.