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| | Windows Shell Programming  | Visual C++ Windows Shell Programming Author: Dino Esposito Publisher: Wrox Press ISBN: 1-861001-84-3 Click links below for Pricing Information. United Kingdom United States | You have to admit, the cover on this book is more than slightly off putting. But underneath the pages lurks some extremely useful information. One of the biggest bonus' to book I've found to date is the information on creating your own Microsoft Visual C++ App Wizards. Also, Dino includes further reference numbers to the Microsoft Knowledge base which provide more information on the types of problems this book aims to solve. Topics included are:-
- What is the windows shell?
- The structure of the shell
- Working with File (File Name Mapping Objects, Long Filenames, SHFileOperation()
- Investigating the nature of files
- Browsing for folders
- PIDL, Special Folders
- Shortcuts, Resolving Shortcuts, Creating Shortcuts
- Notifying the shell of events, Invading Shell Memory Space, Invited into Shell memory space, Browser Helper Objects
- Program Executors
- Multi-Monitor Support
- Hooking
- Icons and the Windows Task Bar
- Tray Notification
- Windows Helper Libraries
- Exploring the shell
- Scriptable Shell Objects
- The Windows Scripting Host
- Designing Shell Integrated Applications
- Namespace extensions
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