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The new maintenance version of Shell+ has been released:

  • Improved TsxTrayIcon component. Now custom balloon behaves absolutely like system visual control and works for all operating system: Win95 ... Win2K3.
  • Added expert that allows to create custom system-tray notification balloon form.
  • Improved TsxFileFolder component. Now it uses different instances of PermanetModule for different files. This improves performance and increases stability of file-based namespace extensions.
  • Fixed problems with Explorer Band component.
  • Added event handler that allows gracefully handle extensions when registering shell extensions.
  • Fixed bug with TsxContextMenu. Now it can appear for Windows "Start" button.

For more details please go to our Issue Tracking Database. Currently fixed issues are marked as "Closed" and dated as "April 20, 2006".


The new version of Shell+ has been released:

  •  Delphi 2005 and 2006 support
  •  New package names and licensing options
  •  TsxExplorerBand - component that allows to create explorer bands like Search, Favourites, etc.
  •  TsxFileDropTarget - component which allows any file to be a drag&drop target
  •  TsxChangeNotifier - new features that makes the component much faster when it works on W2K/XP and W2K3 systems
  •  Default View mode can be specified for ShellView
  •  Themed background can be optionaly displayed for PropertyPage
  •  Support for 48x48 XP icons in NSE
  •  New events and properties for DataProvider component
  •  Tray Icon enchancements: balloon notification support on old Windows versions, custom balloon notifications
  •  DataGrain cache (improve speed for NSEs that work with remote data sources)
  •  Fixed bugs
  •  Optimized retrieving file contents for Drag&Drop operation

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The new beta is released, it contains several bug fixes and performance improvements. Complete list is avaialble in our issue tracking database.


The new beta is released, it contains several bug fixes and performance improvements. Complete list is avaialble in our issue tracking database.


The new beta is released, current changes:

  •  Implemented asynchronious overlay icons
  •  All user-related strings now declared as "resourcestring"
  •  Added ability to control default drag&drop effect for outgoing Drag&Drop operation
  •  Fixed problem with "Send To" menu
  •  Fixed duplicating folders after refreshing NSE

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The new beta is released, current changes:

  •  Implemented multithreading in NSE thumbnails
  •  Improved performance for refreshing NSE
  •  Implemented focus and acellerators handling for TsxExplorerBand component
  •  Added ShellView's object caching (OnGetShellView event called once for ShellFolder instance now)
  •  Fixed returning date/time parameters in TsxChangeNotifier component (NTFS mode)
  •  Fixed access violation with user-styled balloon in TsxTrayIcon
  •  Fixed important memory leaks

The new beta is released, current changes:

  •  Fixed progress dialog appearance when handling DataProvider.BeforeDropEx event
  •  Implemented fade effect for custom balloon styles for TsxTrayIcon component
  •  Added property ShellView.CurrentViewMode which allows to change current view mode in runtime
  •  Fixed TsxChangeNotifier AV

 


The new alpha is released, current changes:

  •  Fix: handling of drag&drop effect
  •  Raising exceptions when FileType property is not assigned
  •  TsxChangeNotifier improvements (works much faster on W2K/XP/W2Ks systems)
  •  Shell navigation performance improved

 


The new alpha is released, current changes:

  •  Implemented IPersistFolder3 interface
  •  Fix: error handling for components which does not have FileType specified
  •  Fix: drop effect handling (related to drag&drop result - cut/copy)
  •  Fix: disabled filesystem directory creations when browsing namespace via Explorer
  •  Fix: modifications of the files with similar names are handled correctly now

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New features:

DataProvider.OnConfirmOverwriteFolder implemented
Drag&Drop from MS Outlook implemented
Thumbnails View implemented for NSE components

Bug fixes:

Fixed bug with TSxColumnProvider component
Fixed bug with pasting files from MS Explorer using clipboard
Fixed bug with Drag&Drop folders to MS Explorer

New features:

Shell+ MegaDemo example
Windows XP themes for shell property pages
Global and Local Shell change notifiers
Overlay icons for namespace extensions
System icons with ease
Different styles in toolbar buttons
System progress dialog support
Strong Fileclass registration with TSxFileClasses component
URL Handler component
Extra-Property pages for Namespace extensions
Windows Security property page
Built-in exception handler
New DataProvider events
Shell debugging tool

Complete information on new release you'll find in Shell+ 2.3 release comments article.


New features:

Adding your menu items to the Explorer's menu (File, Edit, View etc...)
Adding your buttons to the Explorer's toolbar
New common operations with DataGrains: rename and delete
Local and global handing of shell notifications
Added new events to NSE components
Items sorting in Details View
New feature for TSxColumnProvider component - specify own info for common columns like Title, Author etc.
Bugfixes listed in our bug-tracking database

Complete information on new release you'll find in Shell+ 2.2b release comments article.

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New features:

Icon Overlay extension component
Explorer Columns extension component
TSxFileClasses - component for easy file classes management
ShellList control component for displaying folder contents on your ShellFormView with ease
Drag'n'Drop support in the namespace exensions
Clipboard operations support
Using files as junction points for your namespace extensions (like zip-folders in WinXP)
System ImageList support (use default system icons for your virtual files with ease)
Accessing your Shell folders through Common Dialogs (Open/Save etc.)
TSxShellViewPlus component - your common shell folder view without a line of code, working on Win95/98/Me/NT/2K/XP
Column provider for namespace extensions

Complete information on new release you'll find in Shell+ 2.1 release comments article.

Thanks for help in development to Eyal Post (www.epocalipse.com) and for precise bugreports to Dave Fuller, Jack Bombeeck, Matthias Matting, Jim Gale and all our customers!


New features:

  •  Component for creating PropertySheets for Device Drivers
  •  TSxFormShellView - component for creating flexible ShellViews
  •  Added new event for TSxPopupMenu items. It is very useful, when working with TSxContextMenu component
  •  Properties Dialogs for your namespace objects
  •  StatusBar component to manage the status bar in namespace extensions
  •  Stream property for DataGrains

Bug fixes:

  •  OnUpdateRegistryEvent bugfix for TSxDragDropMenu component
  •  TSxContextMenu bugfix (desktop shortcuts activation)
  •  SxPermanentModule bugfix (sometimes occured exception, when destroyed)
  •  SxPropSheetExt component bugfix (internal reference count)
  •  TSxContextMenu hint bugfix

Earlier news available upon request


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