A File Handling Control by LogicNP Software

FileView.Net Control brings a Windows Explorer-like listview to your application complete with various viewstyles including Details and Thumbnail View 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, custom columns and dragdrop control and customization of default contextmenus, displaynames, icons and infotips. Additionally 2-line integration with FolderView and ShComboBox controls instantly brings complete Windows Explorer functionality to your app.

Complete Windows Explorer look, feel and behavior
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2-line integration with FolderView and ShComboBox brings complete Windows Explorer functionality to your application.
Identical displaynames, icons and overlay icons shown for files/folders.
Identical dragdrop functionality.
Identical renaming functionality.
Identical display of infotips for files/folder.
Identical display of contextmenus (including 'Send To' and any other submenus) for files/folders.
Identical support for various display modes (Large Icon, Small Icon,etc.) including full support for 'Details' and ‘Thumbnail’ mode.
Identical default-key handling functionality (e.g. Alt-Enter shows the properties dialog box)
Identical background context menu functionality when the empty background area is right-clicked.
Powerful AutoUpdate functionality refreshes FileView automatically when files/folders are renamed, deleted or created.

Advanced customization features
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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 menuitems in the contextmenus of files/folders.
Display of developer specified infotips for files/folders.
Pattern-based filtering of files/folders (e.g. : "*.bmp;*.jpg" ).
Developer controlled filtering of files/folders (using a simple event)
Display of checkboxes next to each file/folder.
Display of checkboxes next to just developer-specified files/folders.
Display developer defined columns in 'Details Mode'.
Hide standard columns in 'Details Mode'.
Developer specified text for files/folders for standard columns in 'Details Mode'.
Total appearance control by changing backcolor, forecolor, text fonts and other listview properties.

Advanced behavior control
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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-file/folder basis using an event.
Change default drag actions during dragdrop (e.g. from Copy to Move)
Control whether folders can be viewed or files executed for all files/folders using simple properties or on a per-file/folder basis using events.
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 property or on a per-file/folder basis using an event.
Show/hide hidden files/folders using a simple property.
Show/hide virtual files/folders (e.g. Control Panel) using a simple property.

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