Version history - FolderView ActiveX Control

What's New!! in version 2012

• NEW: Improved support for Windows 7 libraries.
• NEW: Improved support for Vista and Windows 7.
• NEW: Improved drag-drop support.
• NEW: Improved support for DFS folders on Windows 2003/2008.
• NEW: Ability to retrieve dragged files when drag is started from Outlook and similar sources which provide files in stream format.
• NEW: RTL support for Arabic and Hebrew systems.
• NEW METHOD: Added TreeNode.IsLibrray method.
• NEW PROPETY: Added FolderView.RightToLeftLayout property.
• NEW: BeforeLabelEdit event now allows you to change starting edit label by changing e.Label.
• IMPROVED: Auto Update functionality to cover additional cases such as when virtual drives are added/removed/changed.
• FIX: Folder was locked if FolderView browsed to that folder and subsequently browsed to another location.
• FIX: Crash in certain circumstances when namespace extensions were browsed.
• FIX: Drag-drop failed if files dropped from iTunes (Apps File Sharing window like GoodReader's) to FolderView.
• FIX: When clicking fast from one item to another, an inadvertent drag-drop operation would sometimes start.
• FIX: Crash occurred when custom item was dragged.
• FIX: Overflow crash occurred on x64 in some cases.
• FIX: Crash occurred if a custom item was added as child of non-folder node.
• FIX: Root folder specified via Initialize event did not take effect in some circumstances.
• FIX: Zip files were shown even if ShowFiles=false and AllowZipFolders=false.
• FIX: Removed large delay when expanding folders containing huge (>5 GB) zip files.
• FIX: Overflow crash occurred on x64 in some cases.

What's New!! in version 2010

• NEW: Improved auto-update.
• NEW: Added localization support for "New folder" string using in CreateNewFolder methods.
• NEW: Improved speed when browsing network and slow locations.
• NEW: A Wait cursor is now shown during enumeration.
• CHANGE: New file/folders are now named starting with New Folder(2) instead of New Folder(1) similar to Windows.
• NEW PROPERTY: FolderView.AllowDropOnBackground property.
• NEW PROPERTY: FolderView.FastModeSynchronization property.
• NEW PROPERTY: FolderView.EnableVistaTheme property.
• NEW METHOD: FOVTreeNode.GetSystemInfotip method.
• NEW PROPERTY: FolderView.DragOverEffects property.
• NEW ENUM: DragOverEffects enum.
• NEW METHOD: Added FolderView.GetImageListIconSize method.
• NEW PROPERTY: FolderView.ExpandedCount property.
• NEW PROPERTY: ShellMenuItem.Command and ShellMenuItem.CommandStr properties.
• NEW METHOD: FOVTReeNode.GetTreePath method.
• FIX: Fixed bug in AddCustomItem method.
• FIX: Menu items for which the SetBitmap method has been called is now hilighted correctly.
• FIX: Dialogs or message boxes were sometimes shown during refresh.

What's New!! in version 2009

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Support for per-node colors. Text color, back color and font of individual nodes can be changed. Full custom drawing is also supported.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added ability to do custom sorting of nodes using the OnBeforeNodeSort event.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Improved SelectNode and GetNode methods so that :
  1. \\192.168.1.12\\Share works also (in addition to \\Server\\Share)
  2. c:\parent\child works even if 'parent' has no permissions but 'child' has.
  3. FTP locations can now be browsed.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY: Added support for Mobile Devices which use ActiveSync.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Improved support for FTP locations.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Comprehensive support for overlay icons :
  1. Overlay icons are now directly sourced from the OS.
  2. Overlay icon extensions are supported
  3. Overlay icons for namespace extension items are also supported.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added ability to identify known (pre-defined) commands via a ShellCommands enum instead of a command string in the OnBeforeShellCommandExecute event.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Ability to invoke the default command for an item using the new cmdDefault enum member.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Improved dragdrop support when dragging from certain programs such as Winzip.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : OnBeforeShellCommandExecute event is fired when ShellCommands.Default verb is executed.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : In the OnAfterNodeRename event, the new name entered by the user can be modified before the node is renamed.
• CHANGE: Default (non-themed) checkboxes changed to look more presentable.
• NEW ENUM MEMBER : Added cmdUnknown and cmdDefault enum members.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.GetDriveType method.
• NEW ENUMS : Added FOVSortMethods, FOVDriveType and FOVDrawMode enums.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added FolderView.DrawMode property.
• NEW PROPERTIES : Added TreeNode.Height and FolderView.ItemHeight properties.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added TreeNode.SelectedIconIndex property.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.GetShellIconFromExtension method.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.GetShellIconFromPath method.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.SysIconIndexFromPIDL method.
• NEW METHODS : Added FolderView.GetLastNode and FolderView.GetPreviousNode methods.
• NEW METHODS : Added TreeNode.NextNode and TreeNode.PreviousNode methods.
• NEW METHODS : Added FolderView.SelectNodeFast and FolderView.GetNodeFast methods.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added TreeNode.HasChildren property.
• NEW EVENT : Added FolderView.OnNodeDraw event.
• NEW EVENT : Added FolderView.OnReload event.
• NEW EVENT : Added FolderView.OnBeforeNodeSort event.
• NEW EVENT : Added FolderView.OnCompareNodes event.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.Sort method.
• BUGFIX : Fixed buffer overrun error when showing certain files with extremely long names such as those in the 'Temporary Internet files' folder.
• BUGFIX : FolderView incorrectly scrolled horizontally under some circumstances.
• BUGFIX : The verbs provided in OnBeforeShellCommandExecute event are now more robustly determined.
• BUGFIX : Crash occurred when a context menu overflowed the screen and the user moved the mouse over the 'scroll buttons' of the menu.
• BUGFIX : OnContextMenuHint event was incorrectly fired (with garbage values) for background menu items or for custom menuitems.
• BUGFIX : Last checked item was not returned when using GetFirstCheckedItem/NextCheckedItem.
• BUGFIX : Executing verbs invoked incorrect commands under certain rare circumstances (for example, 'find' verb invoked the McAfee Virus Scan instead (if installed)).
• BUGFIX : Fixed crash that occurred at design time in Visual Studio 2005 when the 'Property Pages' dialog was invoked.
• BUGFIX : Fixed continuous incorrect scrolling which occurred after certain drag-drop operations were completed.
• BUGFIX : When any child node (but not parent node itself) was checked, and a new child was added and AutoCheckChildren=true, the child node would be checked when added.

What's New!! in version 2008 (Build 581512)

• Filename of ocx file changed from fldrvw2008.ocx to fldrv080.ocx to conform to DOS 8.3 format.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added support for drag-drop from some external sources such as Winzip.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added comprehensive support for overlay icons. Overlay icons other than Shortcut and Share are now supported, overlay icons for custom namespace extension items are supported and overlay icons are not sourced directly from the OS.
• BUGFIX : Crash occurred if AddCustomItem was called with '-1' as the IconIndex parameter.
• BUGFIX : Fixed internal crash and consequent 'random scrolling' bug when dragdrop enters from some external locations.
• BUGFIX : Fixed crash in VIsual Studio 2005 at design time when invoking control property pages.
• BUGFIX : Incorrect node gets selected when FolderView is linked to FileView and FileView attempts to browse to an inaccessible location.

What's New!! in version 2008

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added support for multiple root nodes.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Automatically takes on the new Vista look when running on Vista.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : UI dialogs such as the 'Network Logon prompt' or error/informational messages are now displayed in all circumstances (depending on the value of ShowUIDialogs property).
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : In synchronized mode, when browsing to a new location fails (such as for an empty CD drive), FolderView changes back to the previous browsed location.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Dragdrop now uses the data provided by dragged items in addition to custom developer defined data. This is useful when dragging items from a namespace extension or a non-filesystem location.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Improved AutoUpdate functionality to handle additional cases of created/deleted/renamed/refreshed files and folders.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Removed dependency on shell32.dll v4.71 and above - so FolderView now works on NT4 with IE4 also.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : GetDisplayNameEx method of TreeNode now can return the target of a shortcut.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : When items are 'cut', they now appear 'ghosted'.
• NEW METHOD : Added FolderView.RootNode method.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.BeginLabelEdit and TreeNode.EndLabelEdit methods.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.Toggle method.
• NEW METHOD : Added FolderView.GoUp method.
• NEW METHOD : Added FolderView.RefreshTree method.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.GetChildrenCheckState method.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.RefreshChildren and TreeNode.RefreshTree methods.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.DoesFilenameMatchWildCard method.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.GetSpecialFolderPath and Utilities.PathFromPIDL methods.
• NEW METHOD : Added new enum constants to SpecialFolders enumeration.
• NEW METHOD : Added ShellMenuItem.SetBitmap method.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added TreeNode.PreviousVisibleNode and TreeNode.NextVisibleNode properties.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added FolderView.FirstVisibleItem and FolderView.NextVisibleItem properties.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added TreeNode.Level property.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added TreeNode.IsVisible property.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added FolderView.VisibleCount property.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added FolderView.FullRowSelect property.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added FolderView.LineColor property.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added TreeNode.Hilited property
• NEW ENUM : Added FOVShortcutTarget member to FOVDisplayNameFlags enum.
• BUGFIX : TreeNode.GetDisplayNameEx method did not return display name for 'Desktop' correctly if ForParsing flag was specified.
• BUGFIX : Calling FolderView.RefreshView through code or UI caused a synchronized FileView to briefly display the contents of the Desktop before switching the original folder.
• BUGFIX : TreeNode.CreateNewFolder method crashed when called on the 'My Documents' node if 'My Documents' was mapped to a root drive letter.
• BUGFIX : TreeNode.CreateNewFolder method did not enter the newly created folder in edit mode under certain circumstances.
• BUGFIX : If, after renaming, the new name is same as old name, renaming is aborted.
• BUGFIX : (+) sign of a node got removed under certain circumstances
• BUGFIX : TreeNode.Delete did not remove (+) sign of parent node if there are no more children.
• BUGFIX : TreeNode.Path returned incorrect values in certain cases.
• BUGFIX : Setting RootFolder property before handle was created caused crash.
• BUGFIX : Fixed crash in FileView.DisplayShellMenuForItems method.
• BUGFIX : New background submenu is only included if its really possible to create a new file.
• BUGFIX : Path property of items which are shortcut targets is now correctly returned (the target of the shortcut is returned).
• BUGFIX : Fixed crash which occurred during dragdrop in certain cases.
• BUGFIX : Fixed bug which caused browsing of folder shortcuts to fail.
• BUGFIX : Setting shcombobox.FolderView = null; or shcombobox.FileView = null did not desync the controls.
• BUGFIX : When Visual Styles are enabled, under some circumstances, a non-themed horizontal scrollbar is displayed even when it is not required.

What's New!! in version 9.0

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Context menu is now displayed for the 'Desktop' node also.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Now uses a cleaner 'Share' overlay icon.
• NEW EVENT : Added NodeClick event to FolderView class.
• NEW EVENT : Added NodeDoubleClick event to FolderView class.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.GetSystemIconIndexFromPath method.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.GetSystemIconIndexFromExtension method.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.GetStandardSystemIconIndex method.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.PIDLSplit method.
• BUGFIX : Invoking of default action for an item did not work in some cases.
• BUGFIX : TreeNode.DisplayShellMenu always displayed the context menu of the currently selected node instead of for self.
• BUGFIX : Dragdrop did not work in some containers such as Delphi forms.
• BUGFIX : 'Enter' key did not work when editing item labels if the host dialog was an MFC dialog.
• BUGFIX : TreeNode.IsFolder method now returns the correct value depending on whether 'Zip Folders' are enabled or disabled.
• BUGFIX : The 'Desktop' node now shows the correct display name on non-English locales.

What's New!! in version 8.0

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Full support for 64-bit systems and 64-bit development.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added Utilities class accessible via the FolderView.Utilities property; contains a variety of helper methods for working with FolderView and the Windows shell.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added dynamic string localization support. Strings used by FolderView can now be dynamically changed/localized at runtime.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Ability to use different icon sizes for nodes (small/large/extra large) via the FolderView.ShellImageListType property.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : When Windows XP Visual Themes are enabled, themed check boxes are used if ShowCheckBoxes property is True.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : FolderView now supports WebDAV locations. FolderView.CurrentFolder property and TreeNode.Path property now work correctly with WebDAV locations.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Changed the TreeNode.CheckState property from read-only to read-write.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added ability for complete check box synchronization between FolderView and FileView using FolderView.CheckState property, FOVTreeNode.RefreshCheckState method and FolderView.OnQueryNodeCheckState event.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.RefreshCheckState method which refreshes the check state of a node.
• NEW EVENT : Added FolderView.QueryNodeCheckState event.
• NEW EVENT : Added FolderView.Initialize event.
• NEW PROPERTY : Added FolderView.ShellImageListType property which gets/sets the size of icons used for nodes.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.GetShellIcon method which retrieves the shell icon for a node.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.IsFolder method which determines whether the node is a file or a folder.
• NEW METHOD : Added Utilities.PIDLDecode and Utilities.PIDLEncode methods to encode/decode PIDLs into strings for easy storage/serialization.
• NEW METHOD : Added TreeNode.GetDisplayNameEx method which gets the display name of the node in a specified format.
• NEW METHOD : Added FolderView.BeginUpdate and FileView.EndUpdate methods.
• BUGFIX : Crash occurred when attempting to browse certain namespace extensions with custom views.
• BUGFIX : Check boxes were not shown for custom items even if ShowCheckBoxes was set to True.
• BUGFIX : The Node parameter in the FolderView.OnOleDragDrop event was not accessible.
• BUGFIX : Hang when a node was renamed and a custom item was present in the hierarchy below the renamed node.

What's New!! in version 7.1

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : New property, QueryHasSubFolders, controls whether queries are made to determine whether folders have subfolders ( used to display the (+) sign ). For network folders, disabling this can increase the speed of FolderView.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : New methods GetBitmap and SetBitmap to FIVDataObject allow bitmaps to be drag-dropped.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added DisplayShellMenu method to TreeNode to allow programmatic display of node shell contextmenu.
• BUGFIX : Crash occurred when invalid data in HDROP format was dragged over FileView.
• BUGFIX : Index property of ShellMenuItem did not work correctly.
• BUGFIX : Item context menus were shown when Shift+F10 or Windows App key was pressed even if the ShowContextMenus property was set to False.
• BUGFIX : If drives are added or removed, FileView did not update even if AutoUpdate property was set to True.
• BUGFIX : Fixed crash in Visual Studio 2005 under certain circumstances.
• BUGFIX : Fixed problem of non-display of icons in Windows Vista Beta1.
• BUGFIX : Separator property os ShellMenuItem did not return the correct value.
• BUGFIX : Fixed GDI resource leaks in AddCustomIcon method.
• BUGFIX : Value of Enabled property of ShellMenuItem was lost when the Index property was set.
• BUGFIX : SelectNode method works even if Desktop node is selected or if there is no selection.
• BUGFIX : UserData property did not work for non-bitable data types.
• BUGFIX : UserData property for custom nodes did not work.

What's New!! in version 7.0

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : An internal implementation change now makes the FolderView up to 5X times faster!
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Improved support for more IDEs like dBase and Magic eDeveloper.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : OnAfterNodeRename is fired even when label editing is cancelled.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Improved node check box appearance : the check boxes are now centered vertically and a space is left between the checkbox and the node icon.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : FolderView-FileView-ShComboBox integration is speedier.
• NEW PROPERTY : HideSelection : Gets/Sets whether the selected items remains highlighted even when FolderView has lost the focus.
• NEW PROPERTY : AllowZipFolders : Gets/Sets whether zip files are allowed to behave as folders on Windows XP.
• NEW METHOD : SetCheckboxBitmaps : Allows custom bitmaps to be used as the bitmap for check boxes.
• NEW METHOD : PIDLFree and PIDLCopy to allow shell PIDLs to be freed and copied. See the BackForwardNavigation sample.
• BUGFIX : Node icons not shown when system does not have a c:\ drive.
• BUGFIX : Eliminated crash which occurred when dragging from FolderView and dropping on a CD-RW drive in XP.
• BUGFIX : Setting IconIndex property of TreeNode to a negative value did not reset the icon to the system default icon.
• BUGFIX : Renaming an expanded node caused future operations on child nodes to fail.
• BUGFIX : Changes in the 'My Documents' folder caused AutoUpdate to refresh only the 'My Documents' node shown under desktop and not the node representing the actual path where the 'My Documents' folder is stored ( eg : c:\documents and settings\username ).
• BUGFIX : Cut/hidden nodes not shown as ghosted if ShowCheckBoxes property was True.
• BUGFIX : Context menu for nodes was not shown when right-clicked for the first time.
• BUGFIX : New folders created with CreateNewFolder entered renaming mode regardless of whether a name for the new folder was specified.

What's New!! in version 6.1

• NEW FUCNTIONALITY : Custom items now support context menus.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Custom items now support dragdrop functionality.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : The ActiveX control is now marked as safe for initialization and scripting.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Check boxes are now shown correctly when only some child nodes of a parent node are checked.
• NEW METHOD : Empty for FOVDataObject which allows programmer to remove all data from the data object at the start of a dragdrop operation.
• BUGFIX : Renaming a node so that the new name had a trailing space or period caused the node to be displayed twice.
• BUGFIX : Using the CreateNewFolder method selected the original parent node after the label editing was complete.

What's New!! in version 6.0

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added support for DataObject manipulation during dragdrop. This allows programmer to access data or put new data during dragdrop.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added support for contextmenu customization. This allows programmer to remove, insert or modify the contextmenu displayed for folders.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added support for custom icons.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added support for custom overlay icons similar to the shortcut and share overlay icons.
• NEW PROPERTY : ShowUIDialogs which allows programmer to control whether user-interface dialogs or error messages should be displayed.
• NEW METHOD : FindChild for TreeNode.
• NEW PROPERTY : ExpandSelectedNode causes the selected node to expand automatically and the previously selected node to collapse.
• BUGFIX : Background color was not grayed when control is disabled.
• BUGFIX : Node contextmenu was not displayed when the Shift+F10 key combination was pressed.
• BUGFIX : NodeChecking and NodeChecking events were not firing for child nodes when a parent node was checked/unchecked with AutoCheckChildren set to True. Child nodes were not getting checked/unchecked when a parent node is checked/unchecked with a spacebar.
• BUGFIX : The CreateNewFolder function selected the original parent node after label editing of the new folder was complete.

What's New!! in version 5.2

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Dragdrop of non-shell items is supported. For example, mails from Outlook or Outlook Express can be drag-dropped over a folder or a folder background.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : FolderView now supports drag-drop images while performing a drag-drop operation just like Windows Explorer.
• BUGFIX : AutoUpdate of a large number of items failed.

What's New!! in version 5.1

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Dragdrop behavior control : developers can cancel the start of a dragdrop operation, cancel the drop action and change default dragdrop actions ( e.g. from copy to move).
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Ability to change or suppress the default infotip shown for folders.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Developers can add custom items to a branch of the folder tree using the NodeExpanded event and the HasExpandedOnce property along with the AddCustomItem method.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Developers can prevent execution of shell commands ( open,cut,rename,etc) on items on a per-item basis using the OnBeforeShellCommandExecute event.
• NEW EVENT : OnOleStartDrag for FolderView.
• NEW EVENT : OnOleDragOver for FolderView.
• NEW EVENT : OnOleDragDrop for FolderView.
• NEW EVENT : OnGetInfoTip for FolderView.
• NEW EVENT : OnBeforeShellCommandExecute for FolderView.
• NEW EVENT : NodeExpanded for FolderView.
• NEW EVENT : NodeCollapsing for FolderView.
• NEW PROPERTY : HasExpandedOnce for TreeNode.
• NEW METHOD : IsSpecialFolder for TreeNode allows developers to determine if a node is one of the system-defined folders(My Computers, Control Panel,etc).
• BUGFIX : Changed GUIDs for COM objects and changed the filename for the ocx file. This resolves the conflicts that arise between multiple applications installed on the same machine which were using different versions of the ActiveX Control.
• BUGFIX : Moving mouse over certain contextmenu items added by namespace extension caused a crash.
• BUGFIX : Pressing the "Alt-Enter" key combination did not cause the properties of the selected item to be displayed ( as in Windows Explorer ).
• BUGFIX : Creating a new folder through FolderView did not caused a linked FileView to refresh.

What's New!! in version 5.0

• Minor bug-fixes.

What's New!! in version 4.3

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : FolderView can now display custom nodes(not belonging to the shell) in the tree.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : FolderView now automatically checks child nodes when checked parent nodes are first expanded.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Nodes can now be retrieved programmatically by specifying a path or PIDL.
• NEW ENUMERATION : FOVRelationTypes
• NEW PROPERTY : Selected for TreeNode
• NEW PROPERTY : ID for TreeNode
• NEW METHOD : IsCustom for TreeNode
• NEW METHOD : IsDesktop for TreeNode
• NEW METHOD : GetNode for FolderView
• NEW METHOD : GetNodeFromID for FolderView
• NEW METHOD : AddCustomNode for FolderView
• BUGFIX : HitTest method did not work.
• BUGFIX : Shell contextmenu was shown even when the checkbox of a node was rightclicked
• BUGFIX : Node was selected when checkbox was checked.
• BUGFIX : Right-clicking and then double-clicking within FolderView caused the application hosting FolderView to 'hang'; the only way to resolve this was to activate a different application and then switch back to the application using FolderView.
• BUGFIX : MouseDown and Click events did not fire when clicking on nodes.
• BUGFIX : Could not set the root folder of FolderView at design-time from the property pages in Visual Studio.Net IDE.
• BUGFIX : Random crashes in Visual C++ 6.0 at design-time.
• BUGFIX : Crashed when starting a drag-drop operation on the Desktop node.
• BUGFIX : Wrong name shown during editing for certain items (like drives).
• BUGFIX : Renaming a node in FolderView caused a different node to get selected after the renaming operation.
• BUGFIX : Using FolderView together with one of either FileView or ShComboBox and SmartUI ActiveX Controls caused crashes.

What's New!! in version 4.2

• Version 4.2 fixes a bug in which the control became UI active when placed on an ATL dialog.
• Version 4.2 allows user-defined menuitems in the context menus of files/folders using the AddCustomContextMenuItem method and OnCustomContextMenuItemAdd and OnCustomContextMenuItemSelect events.
• Version 4.2 fixes a bug involving drag-drop of first-level items like those on the Desktop.
• Version 4.2 fixes a bug in which the SelectedNode property isn't updated until after OnAfterNodeSelect fires.

What's New!! in version 4.1

• Version 4.1 fixes a memory leak which occurs during display of files/folders.
• Version 4.1 features improved support for Visual Studio.Net. Projects using the control no more occasionally crash.
• Version 4.1 fixes a bug involving the AllowDragDrop property.
• Version 4.1 fixes a bug involving the AutoUpdate functionality.

What's New!! in version 4.0

• Version 4.0 adds a AddCustomIcon method to allow display of programmer-defined icons for folders.
• Version 4.0 adds a AutoCheckChildren property which controls whether children are automatically checked/unchecked when a parent is checked/unchecked.
• Version 4.0 adds a OverlayIconIndex property to TreeNode which allows programmer-defined overlay icons to be specified for folders.
• Version 4.0 fixes a bug in which the NodeChecked event was called unnecessarily
• Version 4.0 fixes a bug in which RootFolder returned an incorrect value for the Desktop.
• Version 4.0 fixes a bug involving drag-drop.

What's New!! in version 3.3

• Version 3.3 adds a CreateNewFolder method to TreeNode.
• Version 3.3 adds a Delete method to TreeNode which allows you to delete unwanted nodes from the FolderView.
• Version 3.3 fixes a bug in which shortcut files did not open correctly when the cmdOpen was specified on Windows 2000
• Version 3.3 fixes a bug which involved the AutoUpdate feature on Windows 2000.
• Version 3.3 fixes a bug involving the ExecuteShellCmd method.

What's New!! in version 3.2

• Version 3.2 displays a 'busy' cursor while adding TreeNodes.
• Version 3.2 adds a ShowCheckBox property to TreeNode to control per-node display of check boxes.
• Version 3.2 adds a CancelEvent property to control per-node display of contextmenus.
• Version 3.2 fixes a bug associated with the backColor property.
• Version 3.2 fixes a memory leak of some internal data structures.
• Version 3.2 fixes a bug involving the RefreshView method.
• Version 3.2 fixes a bug involving the return value of ExecuteShellCmd.
• Version 3.2 fixes a bug involving display of contextmenus.
• Version 3.2 fixes a bug in which the control was not being drawn properly when placed on a
  property page

What's New!! in version 3.1

• Version 3.1 has improved design-time support for some containers like VC and Access
• Version 3.1 fixes a bug involving selection of nodes
• Version 3.1 fixes a bug involving firing of selection events
• Version 3.1 has improved sizing support
• Version 3.1 adds a HitTest method
• Version 3.1 fixes a bug involving the Attributes property
• Version 3.1 adds a Text property to TreeNode which allows you to set custom displaytext for the TreeNode
• Version 3.1 adds a UserData property to TreeNode which allows you to set user-defined data for a TreeNode
• Version 3.1 has improved support for property pages
• Version 3.1 adds OnAfterNodeAdd and OnBeforeNodeDelete events

What's New!! in version 3.0

• Version 3.0 can be easily used with ShComboBox and FileView Controls using simple 1-line code like : fldrVw.FileView = fileVw
• Version 3.0 has full drag-drop support with auto-scroll and auto-expand. Now you can drag-drop files internally within FolderView, between two FolderViews, between FolderView and Explorer or between FileView and FolderView.
• Version 3.0 has vastly-improved AutoUpdate support.
• Version 3.0 has improved keyboard-handling support.
• Version 3.0 has improved support for default key handling. Version 3.0 responds to all keystrokes used in Windows Explorer.
• Version 3.0 has enhanced support for renaming of items. Items can now be renamed within FolderView. The rename menuitem is also seen in the contextmenu of an item. Moreover renaming can be programmatically started through code.
• Version 3.0 has improved support for overlay icons and fixes some bugs found in earlier versions.
• Version 3.0 has vastly improved support for contextmenus.
• Version 3.0 has a AllowDragDrop property for controlling drag-drop.
• Version 3.0 has a Font property for changing the active font.
• Version 3.0 has a WindowHandle property.
• Version 3.0 has a BorderStyle property.
• Version 3.0 adds a IconIndex property to TreeNode object for changing the icon shown for a Node.
• Version 3.0 adds Font and Color property pages to FolderView.
• Version 3.0 fixes bugs found in the CreateNewFolder method.
• Version 3.0 fixes bugs associated with display names of shared(network) items.
• Version 3.0 fixes sizing bug in Access
• Version 3.0 makes the Expanded property of TreeNode read-write. Now you can expand nodes programmatically.
• Version 3.0 adds a PIDLRelative property to TreeNode.
• Version 3.0 adds a RefreshView method.
• Version 3.0 fixes a bug associated with the Path property of TreeNode
• Version 3.0 fixes a bug associated with the CheckState property of TreeNode
• Version 3.0 adds a NodeChecked event.
• Version 3.0 fixes a bug associated with the SelectNode method.
• Version 3.0 adds optional parameters to Child and Children properties to control the addition of nodes.

What's New!! in version 2.5

• Added GetFirstItem and GetNextItem methods to navigate sequentially through the TreeNodes from top to bottom
• Added ShowInfoTips property for showing shell infotips.
• Added BackColor property
• Added MouseUp, Click and DblClick events
• Fixed shortcut overlay icon bug in Win2000
• Added support for shared overlay icon for network items
• Fixed bug in which root folder was sometimes set incorrectly

What's New!! in version 2.1

• A common bug which affected a few properties or methods ( to varying degrees ) like SelectNode, AutoUpdate, SetRootFolder, has now been fixed
• A bug which caused the FolderView Control to lose its position when placed on a VB form has been fixed.
• Added a new property for TreeNode object - CheckStatus which indicated the Check status of the TreeNode indicating whether it is checked or unchecked ,etc.
• The About Box shown at startup in the unregistered version is now shown much less frequently. Evaluate this control with minimum obstacles!!!
• The SelectNode and SelectChild methods now return a boolean value indicating whether the selection was successful.

What's New!! in version 2.0

• Ability to set the root folder through code.
• Better integration with the FileView Control through the use of CurrentPidl property and also the PIDL property of the TreeNode object.
• Many new events for better notification like NodeRightClick , MouseMove , MouseUp , KeyDown , KeyUp and NodeRenaming .
• Optional ability to allow renaming of items
• Optional ability to handle standard keystrokes like Ctrl-C , Ctrl-X etc like the Explorer.
• Notification of context menu hints ( the messages you see in the statusbar of Explorer when a menu-item is selected )
• Many major and minor bug-fixes.