showing property page

[Salat]

Is it possible to show system's "file property page", I saw something like this in other applications. I was wondering If i can use it too in my programs.

 

thank You for help...

[divil]

As far as I know there isn't a .NET way to do this. I've done it in vb6 before using ShellExecuteEx, you will probably be able to find an example online but you'll have to port it to .NET.

[Salat]

I found one, but in Delphi, and I don't get it :(

http://members.tripod.com/~delphipower/showpropertypage.htm

[divil]

Here it is in VB6, perhaps it'll get you started.

 

Public Type SHELLEXECUTEINFO
   cbSize        As Long
   fMask         As Long
   hWnd          As Long
   lpVerb        As String
   lpFile        As String
   lpParameters  As String
   lpDirectory   As String
   nShow         As Long
   hInstApp      As Long
   lpIDList      As Long     'Optional parameter
   lpClass       As String   'Optional parameter
   hkeyClass     As Long     'Optional parameter
   dwHotKey      As Long     'Optional parameter
   hIcon         As Long     'Optional parameter
   hProcess      As Long     'Optional parameter
End Type

Public Const SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST = &HC
Public Const SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS = &H40
Public Const SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI = &H400

Public Declare Function ShellExecuteEx Lib "shell32.dll" (SEI As SHELLEXECUTEINFO) As Long

Public Sub ShowFileProperties(strFilename As String)
 'open a file properties property page for
 'specified file if return value

  Dim SEI As SHELLEXECUTEINFO

 'Fill in the SHELLEXECUTEINFO structure
  With SEI
     .cbSize = Len(SEI)
     .fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS Or _
              SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST Or _
              SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI
     .hWnd = 0
     .lpVerb = "properties"
     .lpFile = strFilename
     .lpParameters = vbNullChar
     .lpDirectory = vbNullChar
     .nShow = 0
     .hInstApp = 0
     .lpIDList = 0
  End With

 'call the API to display the property sheet
  Call ShellExecuteEx(SEI)
End Sub

[Salat]

I'm new to VB.NET, sometimes it's realy hard for me to handle this exception.

An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in multiKlient FTP.exe

 

Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at line:

Call ShellExecuteEx(SEI)

I wrote

Dim SEI As SHELLEXECUTEINFO = New SHELLEXECUTEINFO

but it's still nothing, the 'System.NullReferenceException' occurs

 

Thanks for help anyway, You are doing a great job...

[divil]

Here's a C# sample that does it (right near the bottom of the page):

 

http://www20.tok2.com/home/tomoaki/CSSAMPLE/CSSAMPLE01.html