Shell MegaPack + EZShellExtensions Case
Study : TyphoonTools
Company
TyphoonTools
Web Site : http://www.typhoontools.com/
Company Information
TyphoonTools provides useful, easy to use desktop applications and services.
They offer a range of free quality software programs, free high quality
desktop wallpaper, free file delivery services, and even two internet
radio stations!
Problem
Requirement of file/folder browsing UI controls which provide complete
Windows Explorer functionality including thumbnail view, a treeview of
files/folders and advanced customization capabilities. Requirement of
a framework for fast and easy development of shell extensions to achieve
seamless integration of the utilities with Windows Explorer.
Solution
Shell MegaPack ActiveX, along with EZShellExtensionsMFC, was able to
meet all these requirements and is used in the development of three of
their popular utilities :
TyphoonWallpaper – An easy to use desktop wallpaper manager, that
supports dual monitors and cycles your desktop wallpaper images automatically.
TyphoonCopy – A power tool for performing large file copy operations,
using wild card inclusion and exclusion filters.
TyphoonZip – A full featured zip utility, offering zipping and unzipping
of files, creation of self-extracting EXEs, full shell integration and
drag and drop functionality.
EZShellExtensionsMFC was used to develop a context menu extension for
TyphoonZip so as to achieve seamless integration of the software with
Windows Explorer.
These are some comments from Mr. Scott Thede, Senior Software Developer
at TyphoonTools :
" LogicNP’s Shell Mega Pack and EZShellExtensionsMFC products
have allowed us to quickly develop products that would have taken us months
to develop otherwise. With features like thumbnail viewing, treeview controls,
and the ability to highly customize those controls, we were able to make
our products look and work better than we ever thought we could. LogicNP’s
products are truly a life saver, we simply would not have been able to
have made our products work or look as good as they do now without them.
Worth every penny, that’s for sure."
FileView ActiveX Control from Shell MegaPack used in thumbnail view
to display images from the disk.
FolderView ActiveX Control from Shell MegaPack used to display a treeview
of files/folders.
FileView ActiveX from Shell MegaPack used to display contents of the
zip file.
Contextmenu extension developed using EZShellExtensionsMFC to achieve
Windows Explorer integration.
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