Exciting new shell components from Sky Software.
The latest version of Sky Software’s Shell MegaPack.Net is a suite of components that gives you easy and efficient access to the windows shell by exposing the following controls: FolderView, FileView, ShComboBox, ShellObjects. Keeps the existing functionality while allowing you to customize the behavior. Adding this functionality to your applications will allow for seamless and often enhanced windows shell access.
If you combine the MegaPack with the EZShellExtensions.Net components you have complete control of the Windows Shell, here you can add Taskbar and IE toolbars, make them auto hide while docked to the top of your desktop. The possibilities are limitless… There are some pretty awesome samples of what you can do here. Bottom line, you can easily add your own shell extensions, toolbars, etc for your custom application and file types.
Both the Shell MegaPack .NET and EZShellExtensions.NET are supported in Visual Studio 2002 (CLR 1.0), 2003 (CLR 1.1), and even the recently released 2005 (CLR 2.0). I have some pretty cool ideas, which I won’t share just yet, but check back and I’ll share.
The prices are very reasonable and there are no runtime or fees or royalties for distribution. (Check with Sky Software for current licensing requirements and pricing.)
If you have any components, add-ins, or tools that you can’t live without let me know.
bR
