I am using the WebBrowser control (Explorer.Shell.2) from within a VBA
application, embedded on an MS Access form to display the contents of a
local folder. By default on Windows 2000/XP the control displays the
"Common Tasks" section on the left-hand side of the display - I assume it
just shows/hides this based upon the Windows user's settings. Is there any
way to change this to "Classic View", ie to remove the left-side "Common
Tasks" display?
As a part of the WebBrowser's automation object (ShellFolderView), I can see
there is an enumeration called "ViewOptions", and of this enumeration's
constants is named SFVVO_WIN95CLASSIC, but this is just a read-only
property.
I've looked at various API calls and interfaces to try to do this, but I
can't find anything suitable. I know that I could achieve similar
functionality by implementing something with the standard ListView, but this
would take far too long for what I want to do. The WebBrowser control works
fine and has a low memory footprint considering it actually is
Internet/Windows Explorer, but I just want to hide the left-side pane.
I am open to any suggestions!
Thanks,
Tony Meier