Windows Explorer is a very flexible shell. Many of its dialogs, windows, menus and options can be changed or extended. To make it possible, Windows supports a special COM-based plugin technology known as Shell Extensions.
There are many built-in Shell Extensions and you can see them almost everywhere: All virtual folders such as Printers, Control Panel, Recycle Bin are shell extensions File-specific icons, small arrows on link icons, link icons itself are shell extensions too Additional context-sensitive menu items are supplied by file-specific shell extension modules Tips in the tray icon menu, property sheets and many other items you see every day...
All these wonderful additions are Shell Extensions. With Shell+ you can easy develop your own Shell Extensions. It will make your program more convenient and attractive. As usual with Delphi it is easy to start - only a few clicks are necessary to generate your own shell extension from scratch.
Shell+ takes care of all methods to be implemented so you will never need to code numerous interfaces required by Windows. Write only necessary code, Shell+ will do all other routine jobs. |
