Custom file browser

Tim Haughton

In a styled WPF application, I need to write a custom file browser in
C#/WPF. As it is styled differently to generic Windows apps, I cannot use
the standard open file dialogs.

Writing a tree or breadcrumb is easy enough when it just needs to browse
physical local drives. But how do I browse the machine and networks using
the namespaces like Desktop, Network, Public etc.? I can write namespace
extensions fine, it's just the viewer side I'm stuck on.

Cheers,

Tim

Jan 29 '08 #1

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Walter Wang [MSFT]

Hi Tim,

This is a quick note to let you know that I am performing research on this
issue and will get back to you as soon as possible. I appreciate your
patience.
Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Jan 30 '08 #2

Walter Wang [MSFT]

Hi Tim,

Based on my understanding, you are trying to create a custom file browser
to replace the standard common file dialogs in C#/WPF. Although this is not
recommended, to be able to enumerate the contents in those special folders
like Network, we will need to use the shell interfaces to do this.

Here's some third party sample code in VB.NET doing this:

CodeProject: An All VB.NET Explorer Tree Control with ImageList Management.
Free source code and programming help
(http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/VbNetExpTree.aspx)

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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