WPF

MichaelGaudioso wrote:

Is it possible to create a Windows Explorer like application in Silverlight?

MichaelGaudioso wrote:

I want my application to show the drive information, files & folders inside the drive.
Is it possible?

KunalChowdhury wrote:

Read it @ CodeProject: File Explorer using Silverlight 4 COM Interoperability[^]

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  public class ExtendedWindow : Window<br />
    {<br />
        public static readonly DependencyProperty FileNameProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("FileName", typeof(string), typeof(ExtendedWindow));<br />
        public string FileName<br />
        {<br />
            get<br />
            {<br />
                return (string)GetValue(FileNameProperty);<br />
            }<br />
            set<br />
            {<br />
                SetValue(FileNameProperty, value);<br />
            }<br />
        }    <br />
    }<br />
<br />

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 public partial class MainWindow : ExtendedWindow<br />
    {<br />
        public MainWindow()<br />
        {<br />
            InitializeComponent();<br />
        }<br />
<br />
       <br />
        private void buttonTest_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) <br />
        { <br />
            Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog d = new Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog();<br />
            if (d.ShowDialog() == true)  <br />
                this.FileName = d.FileName;<br />
        }       <br />
        private void buttonToggle_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) <br />
        { <br />
            this.FileName = "Toggle clicked."; <br />
        }<br />
    }<br />

<local:ExtendedWindow x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525"
        x:Name="root">
        <StackPanel>
            <DockPanel>
                
                <Button DockPanel.Dock="Right" Height="23" Click="buttonTest_Click">Browse...</Button>
                <TextBox DockPanel.Dock="Left"
                Height="23" Margin="0,0,2,0" Name="textBoxFileName"                      Text="{Binding ElementName=root, Mode=TwoWay, Path=FileName}"/>
            </DockPanel>
            <DockPanel>
                <TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Text="{Binding ElementName=root, Mode=TwoWay, Path=FileName}"></TextBlock>
                <Button DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Name="buttonToggle" Click="buttonToggle_Click">Toggle...</Button>
            </DockPanel>
        </StackPanel>
    </local:ExtendedWindow>

MVVM devotee

Abhinav S wrote:

is the use of value converters