XPlorerBar: A WPF Windows XP Style Explorer Bar Control

Olivier Simon

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A fully customizable WPF implementation of the left side pane that was introduced in Windows XP's Explorer.

xplorerbar_src.zip
- XPlorerBar_src
  - XPlorerBar.DemoApp.sln
  - XPlorerBar.DemoApp.suo
  - XPlorerBar.DemoApp
    - App.xaml
    - App.xaml.cs
    - Converters
      - StringCharactersToUpperCaseConverter.cs
    - Extra_BindingMode
    - Extra_ThemeManagement
      - ThemesWindow.xaml
      - ThemesWindow.xaml.cs
    - Images
      - codeproject120x60.gif
      - Computer16.png
      - Copy16.png
      - CreateFolder16.png
      - Delete16.png
      - MailFile16.png
      - Move16.png
      - MusicOnLine16.png
      - MyComputer16.png
      - MyDocuments16.png
      - MyMusic32.png
      - MyNetwork16.png
      - MyPictures16.png
      - MyPictures32.png
      - MyPictures48.png
      - NetworkFavorites16.png
      - OrderPictures16.png
      - PlayAll16.png
      - PrintPictures16.png
      - PublishFolder16.png
      - Rename16.png
      - SharedMusic16.png
      - ShareFolder16.png
      - SlideShow16.png
    - MainWindow.xaml
    - MainWindow.xaml.cs
    - Properties
    - Resources
      - Images
        
        Folder16.png
        
        MyComputer16.png
        
        NetworkPlaces16.png
        
        PicturePrint16.png
        
        PictureTasks32.png
        
        PictureTasksMono48.png
        
        PrintsOnline16.png
        
        SlideShow16.png
    - Skins
      - CodeProjectSkinDictionary.xaml
    - XPlorerBar.DemoApp.csproj
  - XPlorerBar.Documentation
    - Help
      - Documentation.chm
      - LastBuild.log
    - XPlorerBarDocumentationProject.shfb
  - XPlorerBar.Library
    - Converters
      - SolidColorBrushToColorConverter.cs
    - Documents
      - ReleaseHistory.pdf
      - TestPlan.pdf
    - Implementation
    - Properties
    - Themes
    - XPlorerBar.Library.csproj
xplorerbar_demo.zip
- XPlorerBar_demo
  - ZonaTools.XPlorerBar.DemoApp.exe
  - ZonaTools.XPlorerBar.dll
  - ZonaTools.XPlorerBar.Documentation.chm

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    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion>
    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
    <ProjectGuid>{19CCC91C-21D0-45C5-A975-673143D45AD3}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>ZonaTools.XPlorerBar.DemoApp</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>ZonaTools.XPlorerBar.DemoApp</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
    <ProjectTypeGuids>{60dc8134-eba5-43b8-bcc9-bb4bc16c2548};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
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    <TargetFrameworkSubset>
    </TargetFrameworkSubset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
    <Reference Include="UIAutomationProvider">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="WindowsBase">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="PresentationCore">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="ZonaTools.XPlorerBar, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>..\XPlorerBar.Library\bin\ZonaTools.XPlorerBar.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
    </ApplicationDefinition>
    <Page Include="Extra_BindingMode\BindingsWindow.xaml">
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </Page>
    <Page Include="Extra_ThemeManagement\ThemesWindow.xaml">
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </Page>
    <Page Include="MainWindow.xaml">
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </Page>
    <Page Include="Skins\CodeProjectSkinDictionary.xaml">
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </Page>
    <Compile Include="App.xaml.cs">
      <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
      <SubType>Code</SubType>
    </Compile>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Extra_BindingMode\BindingsWindow.xaml.cs">
      <DependentUpon>BindingsWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Converters\StringCharactersToUpperCaseConverter.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Extra_ThemeManagement\ThemesWindow.xaml.cs">
      <DependentUpon>ThemesWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="MainWindow.xaml.cs">
      <DependentUpon>MainWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs">
      <SubType>Code</SubType>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
    </Compile>
    <Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
      <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
      <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
    </Compile>
    <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
    </EmbeddedResource>
    <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
      <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
      <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
    </None>
    <AppDesigner Include="Properties\" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Resource Include="Images\MyMusic32.png" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Resource Include="Images\Copy16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\Delete16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\MailFile16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\Move16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\MusicOnLine16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\MyComputer16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\MyNetwork16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\PlayAll16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\Rename16.png" />
    <Resource Include="Images\SharedMusic16.png" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Resource Include="Images\codeproject120x60.gif" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Resource Include="Extra_BindingMode\XPlorerBarXMLFile.xml" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
  </Target>
  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
  </Target>
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</Project>

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Olivier Simon

Team Leader

France

I have been developing and managing projects for real-time embedded softwares for eight years. Then, I moved from Paris to the south of France and began to lead a team who was developping Java applications.

My main occupation right now is to continue my journey in the WPF world.

You can check out my blog here. [^]

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