ShellObjects 2008 ( .Net edition, ActiveX edition )

* New v2008 Features Much New Functionality and Improvements to ShellAppBar and Other Components, Two brand New Components - ShellFileOperation and SystemIdleTimer, New Properties, Methods and Events, and Much More!!

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ShellObjects is a brand new set of controls which add to the shell functionality given by FolderView, FileView and ShComboBox

• ShellAppBar : Convert your forms to Quick Launch-like appbars - with complete autohide and drag-docking functionality and multi-monitor support.
• Wizard : Quickly create a 'wizard' style navigable user interface consisting of multiple pages/steps.
• ShellPopupNotification : Display multiple MSN/Office2003 style popups with slide and fade animations and complete customization and behavior control.
• Resizer : Add automatic resizing and resolution independence to your forms in a single step.
• TaskDialog : Display the new Vista 'task dialog' style message boxes from your applications.
• SystemHotKey : Define and listen to system wide hotkeys.
• SingleInstanceComponent : Get notified when a second instance of your application is started and optionally prevent it from running.
• ShellNotifyIcon : Add system tray icons with support for XP balloon style infotips, animated icons and automatic context menus.
• TaskScheduler : Control the Windows Task Scheduler service and create, delete and modify tasks.
• ShellFileOperation : Perform copy, move, delete and rename operations on multiple files/folders with progress dialog and sub-folder support.
• SystemIdleTimer : Get notified when the system goes idle for a certain time and when it exits the idle state.
• ShellLink : Create and manipulate shortcut (*.lnk) files from your applications.
• UrlLink : Create and manipulate internet shortcut (*.url) files from your applications.

Features

ShellAppBar

• Quickly and easily convert your forms into application desktop toolbars - simply place the component on your form and you are done!
• Dock appbars to any screen edge or leave them undocked.
• Complete support for animated autohide functionality when appbar is not in user.
• Support for appbar resizing when docked.
• Complete support for drag-docking of appbars.
• Support for multi-monitor configurations.
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ShellPopupNotification

• Displays multiple popups in MSN or Office2003 style with complete customization of appearance.
• Multiple popups are automatically arranged on the screen and the arrangement origin and direction can be customized.
• Popups can be displayed using slide, fade or a combination of slide-fade animation with complete customization of animation properties and various slide styles.
• Popups can also be shown at programmer-defined locations on the screen.
• Popups can have a close button and an options button with the ability to automatically show a contextmenu when the options button is clicked
• Popups can be dragged around in Office2003 style by the gripper bar.
• A simple yet comprehensive API consisting of properties, methods and events allows complete customization and advanced control over the behavior.
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Wizard

Powerful design-time features :

• Create Welcome pages with a ready to use 'Welcome Page' template.
• Create Inner pages with page headers.
• Create a Finish page.
• Create the above three types of pages using designer verbs (right-clicking on the control) or using the "Page Manager" dialog.
• Complete support for designing the UI of each page just like you would design a form.
• Easily navigate between wizard pages at design time using easily accessible links or the "Page Manager" dialog.
• Easily reorder pages within the wizard using the "Page Manager" dialog.
• Easily delete pages from the wizard using designer verbs or simply hitting the 'Delete' key.
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Runtime features :

• Supports automatic back/forward page navigation.
• Automatically enables/disables and shows/hides Back, Next, Finish, Cancel & Help buttons depending on the position of the current page in the wizard and whether the page is a Welcome, Inner or Finish page.
• Support for page headers with a bold caption, a description and a header image.
• Buttons can be enabled/disabled or shown/hidden on a per-page basis.
• Powerful customization allows dynamic alteration of page flow using wizard-level and page-level events.
• Atomically fills the host form using DockStyle.Fill.
• Supports an always visible Finish button in addition to the Next button.
• Support disabling of buttons and display of a wait cursor during page changes if page changing is a time-consuming process.
• Support custom painting of the wizard.

Resizer

• Simply adding the Resizer component to a form adds automatic sizing and resolution independence to the form.
• Resizing behavior of individual controls can be customizing and controlled at design-time or runtime.
• Automatically saves/restores the size and position of the host form during form load/unload.
• Automatically resizes the host form if the display resolution changes or if it is different from the design-time display resolution.
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TaskDialog

• Full support for the new Vista task dialogs.
• Comprehensive task dialog features and functionality exposed via a simple set of methods, properties and events.
• Supports all task dialog features including progress bars, buttons, radio buttons, expando buttons and more.
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SystemHotKey

• Define system wide hotkeys which are listened for even when your application is not the active application.
• Full design-time support allows easy definition of the hotkey at design time.
• Hotkey can be enabled/disabled.

SingleInstanceComponent

• Just 1-line of code in the Main method allows your application to get notified when another instance of the same application is started.
• Support for passing of custom data such as command-line parameters from the new instance to the previous instance.
• The new instance can be optionally prevented from running.

TaskScheduler

• Total control of the Windows Task Scheduler service
• Create, modify or delete tasks on local and remote computers.
• Add or delete a variety of triggers (event triggers, date/time triggers) from tasks.
• Simple yet powerful API for easy access to all features of the Task Scheduler.

ShellNotifyIcon

• Displays icons in the shell tray notification area.
• Supports animation with complete control over the animation properties.
• Supports multiple icons  - a different icon can be shown at different times depending on the state of your application.
• Automatically display a context menu when the icon is clicked or right-clicked.
• Supports balloon style infotips when the icon is added to the system tray.
• Displays a tooltip when the mouse moves over the icon.
• A simple yet comprehensive API consisting of properties, methods and events allows complete customization and advanced control over the behavior.
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ShellFileOperation

• Easily perform copy, move, delete and rename operations on files/folders using the same API that is used by the OS.
• Full support for sub-folders/files (fully recursive operations).
• Operate on multiple files/folders at once.
• Shows progress dialog while operation is in progress.
• Asks for confirmations from user.

SystemIdleTimer

• Notifies when the system has been idle (no keyboard or mouse input) for a developer-defined interval.
• Notifies when the system resumes activity after exiting the idle state.

ShellLink

• Allows applications to read, modify and create new shortcut/ shellinks (*.lnk files) through a simple set of properties and methods.

UrlLink

• Allows applications to read, modify and create new internet shortcuts (*.url files) through a simple set of properties and methods.

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All controls available separately as well as a part of Shell MegaPack. Order Shell MegaPack and save US $137 over the price of the controls purchased separately.