Version history - EZShellExtensions.Net

What's New!! in version 2008

• NEW EXTENSION : ThumbnailProvider
• NEW EXTENSION : PreviewHandler
• NEW EXTENSION : PropertyHandler
• NEW EXTENSION : AutoPlayExtension
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added Utils.GetDSDISPLAYSPECOPTIONSFromDataObject and Utils.GetDSOBJECTFromDataObject methods which allow development of context menu and property sheet extensions for Active Directory(AD).
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added x64 support for PropertySheetExtension.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added x64 support for ContextMenuExtension.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added x64 support for DragDropExtension.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added x64 support for SendToExtension.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added new Utils class with many helper methods.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added overloaded ShellMenu.AddItem and ShellMenu.InsertItem methods to allow adding/inserting menu item with a specified ID.
• NEW PROPERTY : Add ShellMenuItem.Tag property.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added GetMenuItemEventArgs.ReservedMenuItemCount property.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added new GetMenuitemsEventArgs.MaxMenuItemsAvailable property.
• NEW METHOD : Added ContextMenuExtension.OnPopupSubMenu method.
• NEW METHOD : Added ShellMenu.SetBitmap method.
• NEW METHOD : Added PropertySheetExtension.PressButton and PropertySheetExtension.RemovePage methods.
• NEW ENUM MEMBER : Added new QueryContextMenuFlags.ForFileMenu enum member.
• BUGFIX : Calling EZSDrawItemEventArgs.DrawBackground did not draw background using system default menu background color.
• BUGFIX : Sub-menu items appeared in reverse order in which they are added.
• BUGFIX : Crash occurred in BandObjects under certain circumstances.
• BUGFIX : OverlayIconExtension.GetOverlayInfo - specific iconfile greater than 128 characters did not work.
• BUGFIX : Context menu was not showing when SpecialProgIDTargets.AllFolders was used.
• BUGFIX : Toolband background now drawn correctly without a noticeable boundary after the title.
• BUGFIX : DragDropHandlers now also register themselves to appear for drives and virtual folders in addition to file-system directories.

What's New!! in version 2.0

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : EZShellExtensions.Net now supports development IE Browser helper Objects including invisible objects, IE menu items and IE toolbar buttons.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Contextmenu extension API has been changed - the new API fixes some limitations of the old API and enables addition of some new features. The new API is exactly similar to the menu API in EZNamespaceExtensions.Net.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : EZShellExtensions.Net now supports development of Shell Execute Hooks.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : New GetWebBrowser method to BandObject allows interaction with IE.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : New SpecialProgIDTargets class with string constants for special extension targets like 'All Files', 'All Folders', 'All Drives', etc
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Property sheet extensions can now be developed for the 'My Computer' properties, 'Display' properties, 'Mouse' properties, 'Device' properties and a lot others.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : The DataObject is now provided in the OnInitializeEx methods of ContextMenuExtension and ProperttSheetExtension
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : The OnInitialize methods of ContextMenuExtension and ProperttSheetExtension now allow you to return false to indicate that no menu items/property pages will be added.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Property sheet extension page size is now taken from the Width and Height properties of the user control.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : The Windows Explorer window handle is now available in context menu extensions.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : ThumbnailExtension now supports extraction on a background thread.
• BUGFIX : IE Toolbands now draw their background correctly.
• BUGFIX : IE Toolbands are now not resizable vertically
• BUGFIX : Fixed painting problems with all band objects including IE toolbands, IE vertical and horizontal explorer bars and deskbands.
• BUGFIX : Fixed keyboard navigation and accelerator problems with all band objects.
• BUGFIX : Fixed garbage collection issue with property sheet extensions which causes the contents of the page to occasionally disappear.

What's New!! in version 1.0

• Initial release.