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[Eduardo Lorenzo]

Hi guys!

 

Am working on an app that has a feature where user will have a broswer to locate certain files. Feature is asking to have a "Preview Pane" much like that used by Vista and W7 Ultimate. My thinking was go the way of the thumbnail.

 

I want to use Shell32 but the namespace (given by intellisense) is

System.Design.UnsafeNativeMethods.Shell32

where UnsafeNativeMethods is tagged (with tooltip) that it is inaccessible due to protection.

 

Is there a way to go around this? I also can't find the Shell32 API/DLL that I can reference directly with solution explorer.

 

Also found a few places on the web where they have demo apps but all are too large (in my opinion) to be added to my application as 'just a feature'

 

Any help and response will be appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance!