Shell Extensibility - Explorer Desk Band, Tray Notification Icon et al.

Alex Blekhman

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28 Aug 2009CPOL12 min read

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A simple Calendar utility that demonstrates basic Shell extensibility techniques: desk band, tray notification icon, locales.

calendar.zip
- Calendar
  - Calendar.sln
  - CalendarDeskBand
    - CalendarDeskBand.cpp
    - CalendarDeskBand.def
    - CalendarDeskBand.h
    - CalendarDeskBand.idl
    - CalendarDeskBand.rc
    - CalendarDeskBand.rgs
    - CalendarDeskBand.vcproj
    - CalendarDeskBandApp.rgs
    - CalendarDeskBandDll.cpp
    - CalendarWindow.cpp
    - CalendarWindow.h
    - DllMain.cpp
    - DllMain.h
    - ReadMe.txt
    - resource.h
    - stdafx.cpp
    - stdafx.h
    - targetver.h
    - VisualStyle.cpp
    - VisualStyle.h
  - CalendarSysTray
    - Calendar.cpp
    - Calendar.h
    - Calendar.rc
    - Calendar.vcproj
    - CalendarWindow.cpp
    - CalendarWindow.h
    - OptionsDialog.cpp
    - OptionsDialog.h
    - ReadMe.txt
    - Res
      - 01.ico
      - 02.ico
      - 03.ico
      - 04.ico
      - 05.ico
      - 06.ico
      - 07.ico
      - 08.ico
      - 09.ico
      - 10.ico
      - 11.ico
      - 12.ico
      - 13.ico
      - 14.ico
      - 15.ico
      - 16.ico
      - 17.ico
      - 18.ico
      - 19.ico
      - 20.ico
      - 21.ico
      - 22.ico
      - 23.ico
      - 24.ico
      - 25.ico
      - 26.ico
      - 27.ico
      - 28.ico
      - 29.ico
      - 30.ico
      - 31.ico
      - Blank-16x16-16.ico
      - Calendar.ico
    - resource.h
    - stdafx.cpp
    - stdafx.h
    - targetver.h
  - Common
  - Win32
    - Release
      - Calendar.exe
  - x64
    - Release
      - Calendar.exe

#pragma once

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bool IsVistaOrHigher();
BOOL MakeSettingsFilename(ATL::CPath& pathFilename, BOOL bCreateDir = FALSE);

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Alex Blekhman

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Australia

More than ten years of C++ native development, and counting.

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Shell Extensibility - Explorer Desk Band, Tray Notification Icon et al.

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