Version history - ShellObjects ActiveX

What's New!! in version 2012

• NEW: Improved support for Windows 7 libraries.
• NEW: Improved support for Vista and Windows 7.
• FIX: Overflow crash occurred on x64 in some cases.
• FIX: Task Dialog did not show in certain circumstances when called from a thread callback function.
• NEW: Added TaskDialog.ParentWindow property to specify parent for modal taskdialog.

What's New!! in version 2010

ShellAppbar

• NEW PROPERTY: ShellAppbar.AutoHideHideDelay property.
• FIX: Black lines not shown during sliding of autohidden appbar.
• NEW PROPERTY: ShellAppBar.AutoHiddenAppBarSize property.
• FIX: Removed flash ShellAppBarwhen AutoHide property is changed.
• NEW: ShellAppbar now correctly handles screen resolution or orientation changes.
• NEW: ShellAppbar now correctly handles scenario when an app goes into fullscreen mode.

ShellProgressDialog

• NEW METHOD: ShellProgressDialog.GetWindowHandle method.
• NEW PROPERTY: ShellProgressDialog.ShowCancelButton property.
• FIX: Did not show time remaining on Vista.

ShellUtils

• NEW METHOD: Shellutils.Capture methods.
• NEW METHOD: Shellutils.Screensaver* methods.
• NEW METHOD: ShellUtils.SetWallpaper method.

Brand New Components!

SystemHook component: Listen to system-wide mouse and keyboard input.

What's New!! in version 2009

Brand New Components!

ShellProgressDialog : Display user-friendly system-standard progress dialogs while lengthy operations are performed.
ShellUtils : Contains various shell utility methods.

ShellAppBar

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Dragdocking can now be initiated and performed even from the caption bar (in undocked mode).
• BUGFIX : Appbar did not paint correctly after after slide in/out.
• BUGFIX : Registration of the ocx file failed on Windows 98.

ShellNotifyIcon

• BUGFIX : Number of shell notify icons increased by a factor of 2 each time Windows Explorer was restarted.
• BUGFIX: Crash occurred at design-time when the 'Add' or 'Add Strip' buttons were clicked in the 'Add/Remove Icons.." dialog box.

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

• Filename of ocx file changed from shlobj2008.ocx to shlob080.ocx to conform to DOS 8.3 format.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Appbars can now be drag-docked even when dragging by the caption/title area when in undocked mode.

What's New!! in version 2008

Brand New Components!

ShellFileOperation : Perform common operations such as Copy/Move/Rename and Delete on multiple files/folders with full sub-directory support and progress dialogs.

SystemIdleTimer : Get notified when the system enters and exits an idle state.

ShellAppBar

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Now honors host forms border style property.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Border of host form is now drawn according to the background color of the form.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Made the size of an autohidden appbar 2 pixels similar to the system appbars such as 'Quick-Launch'.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Reduced flicker during docking/undocking.
• NEW METHOD : Added ShellAppBar.StartDragDock method.
• BUGFIX : ShellAppBar now honors the ShowInTaskBar property of host form when undocked.
• BUGFIX : Appbar does not minimize and go out of view if the 'Show Desktop' command is executed by the user.

ShellPopupNotification

• Default value of SoundFile property is "SystemNotification" which plays a 'notification' sound everytime a popup is showed.

ShellLink

• NEW PROPERTY : Added ShellLink.LoadFromFileEx method.

TaskScheduler

• NEW PROPERTY : Added new Trigger.EndDate and Trigger.IsEndDateValid properties.
• BUGFIX : DaysOfTheMonth property was defined as 16-bit instead of 32-bit.

TaskDialog

• NEW PROPERTY : Added TaskDialog.Handle property.

Common

• NEW METHOD : Added ShellMenuItem.SetBitmap method.

What's New!! in version 9.0

Brand New Components!

TaskDialog: Display new Vista 'Task Dialog' style message boxes easily.

SystemHotKey: Define and listen for system-wide hotkeys easily.

ShellNotifyIcon

• BUGFIX : Icon is automatically re-added to the system tray if the tray is recreated by Windows.
• BUGFIX : MaximizeFromTray now correctly restores the window to the maximized position if it was maximized
  before calling the MinimizeToTray method

ShellAppbar

• NEW PROPERTY : DockingScreen property allows specifying the screen to which appbar should be docked.
• NEW METHOD : SetDockingEdgeAndScreen allows specifying the docking edge and screen at once.
• NEW PROPERTY : AutoHideShowDelay to ShellAppBar.
• NEW PROPERTY : AutoHidePinned to ShellAppBar.
• BUGFIX : Fixed problem in which the form size at design time and the docked size was off by few pixels.

ShellPopupNotification

• BUGFIX : ShellPopup.Close method did not work correctly in some cases.
• BUGFIX : ShellPopup.SetAreaCursor method did not work correctly in some cases.

What's New!! in version 8.0 - minor update dated 6th Nov 2006

• Brand new component : TaskScheduler gives full control and access to the Windows Task Scheduler service - create, modify and delete tasks, set task properties and triggers and more.

ShellAppBar

• NEW PROPERTY : AutoHidePinned : Keeps an auto-hidden appbar visible all the time.

What's New!! in version 8.0

Common

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Full support for 64-bit systems and 64-bit development.

ShellPopupNotification

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Changes to popup notification properties now take effect even if popup is shown.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Ability to play a sound file when a popup notification is shown
• NEW PROPERTY : Added ShellPopupNotification.SoundFile and ShellPopup.SoundFile properties.
• NEW EVENT : Added ShellPopupNotification.OnLinkClicked event.
• NEW EVENT : Added ShellPopupNotification.OnTextClicked event.
• BUGFIX : The Office2003 gripper gradient was now drawn correctly.

ShellAppBar

• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Added anchoring capability to an appbar using the ShellAppbar.VAnchor and ShellAppbar.HAnchor properties.
• NEW EVENT : Added ShellAppBar.DockingEdgeChanged event.
• NEW EVENT : Added ShellAppBar.AutoHideAppBarStateChanged event.
• NEW PROPERY : Added ShellAppBar.ShowAnimTime and ShellAppBar.HideAnimTime properties for specifying animation times in autohide mode.
• BUGFIX : An appbar now remembers size changes when in auto-hidden mode.
• BUGFIX : Dragdocking was allowed even when drag was initiated by the right mouse button.

ShellNotifyIcon

• NEW METHOD : Added TrayImageList.AddStrip method which adds a series of images to the notify icon's imagelist from a single bitmap strip.

What's New!! in version 7.1

• NEW COMPONENT : ShellAppBar - Convert your forms to application desktop toolbars similar to Quick Launch - with complete autohide and drag-docking functionality.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : ShellPopup colors are automatically updated when the system colors change.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : New MinimizeToTray and MaximizeFromTray methods allows a form to be minimized/maximized from tray with corresponding animation.
• NEW FUNCTIONALITY : Improved design-time support for the ImageIndex and ImageList properties of ShellNotifyIcon makes it easy to add/remove icons which will be displayed in the shell tray notification area.
• BUGFIX : Value of Enabled property of ShellMenuItem was lost when the Index property was set.
• BUGFIX : Index property of ShellMenuItem did not work correctly.
• BUGFIX : Separator property os ShellMenuItem did not return the correct value.
• BUGFIX : GripperColor and GripperColor2 properties take desired documented effect.
• BUGFIX : ShellPopup gripper bar dots in Office2003 style are not displayed if AllowDrag property is False.
• BUGFIX : BackImageIsTransparent and LogoImageIsTransparent take the desired documented effect.

What's New!! in version 7.0

• Initial release of ShellObjects ActiveX.