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Introduction

I developed this project as a learning experience after seeing such a GUI on some FTP Shareware Programs; the Icons and File Types unfortunately have been hardcoded in the project, unlike the ones available on Windows Explorer. The Icons are a part of the project and not picked up from the Windows Operating System. This project uses a ListView to display all the drives (including CD Drive) on the Computer System

Features

This project has the following features

Displays all Drives on the Computer System
Allows sorting of columns (by clicking on the Column Header)
Allows entering a folder by clicking on the Closed Folder Icon
Allows Moving backwards by clicking on the UP arrow
Displays the currently selected folder on the Statusbar
Displays the total no. of files and folders within a folder on the Statusbar
At startup moves to the folder that was last selected at time of closedown of the previous session (*)
Starts the appropriate program when you double-click on a file (e.g.. Notepad for txt file) (*)
* Incorporated based on user suggestions on some other site

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Bug

iver

3:45 8 Mar '04

There is a bug when trying to go one step back to the previous folder. If you started at the top level (cd-rom, removables, floppy..) when browsing the content of one disk, and then jumping back to what was supposed to be the previous folder, you end up on c:\.
In "OnDblclk" something like this would fix the problem:

if (m_cPath.Left(m_cPath.ReverseFind('\\')+1) != m_cPath)
m_cPreviousPath = m_cPath.Left(m_cPath.ReverseFind('\\')+1);
else
m_cPreviousPath = "";

Also: E.g. USB memory sticks shows up as floppy drive......

Fix:

In "AddDrives":

Update "case DRIVE_REMOVABLE...." to the following:

case DRIVE_REMOVABLE:
nItem = GetListCtrl().InsertItem(0, strDrive,ICI_FLOPPYDRV);
if (nDrive == 0 || nDrive == 1)
GetListCtrl().SetItemText(0, 1 , "Floppy Drive");
else
GetListCtrl().SetItemText(0, 1 , "Removable Drive");
break;

And thanks for the sample code!

Wink

1.00/5 (1 vote)

Thanks!

R.selvam

7:43 19 Dec '03

Hi, Thanks! one of useful control! Regards, Selvam
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Poor code and packaging quality

Vagif Abilov

5:43 8 Aug '02

1. A lot of hard-coded constants.
2. Source code package should not include intermediate files that can be built from sources: .APS, .CLW, .PLG. DriveBrowser.aps alone occupies more than the rest of the code!
3. This is an extract from the function GetFileType.

CString CBrowsingListView::GetFileType(CString s)
{
if(ext == ".PDF") return "PDF File";
if(ext == ".CPP") return "VC Source";
if(ext == ".H") return "Header File";
if(ext == ".C") return "C Source";
else if(s == "SETUP.EXE") return "SETUP File";
else if(s == "ISUNINST.EXE") return "UNINSTALL File";
else if(ext == ".TXT" || ext == ".LOG") return "TEXT File";
else if(ext == ".ZIP" || ext == ".ARJ" || ext == ".TGZ" ||
...
}

What if my CPP files are handled by Borland C, not VC, what will you do then? Have you ever heard about registry?

Vagif Abilov
MCP (Visual C++)
Oslo, Norway

If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.
Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts

1.11/5 (6 votes)

Rename registry key

ZhangFei

7:22 3 Aug '02

Anyone know how to rename registry key programmatically? I cann't find a function call to rename registry key, but registry editor allows users to do so. Thanks.
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Re: Rename registry key Colin^Davies 21:55 4 Aug '02

Hi, try asking in the VC++ forum. Regardz Colin J Davies Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
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