ShellFolderView

Question

I'm trying to capture an instance of the Shell32.ShellFolderView class that is embedded in a another application window.

Something like:

var folderView = Shell32.ShellFolderView.FromHwnd (hwnd);

I need to perform operations like browsing and etc ...

It's possible?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '17 at 19:55

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There is no generic interface for everything that hosts a shell view.

Explorer, Internet Explorer and some 3rd-party applications register themselves so you can interact with them using the IShellWindows interface. It is accessible by everything from C++, C# to basic scripts.

answered Jul 06 '17 at 19:55

Anders

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Hi @Anders, tks for reply! I made this attempt but with no success for OpenFileDialogs references, see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44931728/openfiledialog-spy – Vinicius Gonçalves Jul 06 '17 at 20:03
The common open dialog is not one of the types registered as a shell window. – Anders Jul 06 '17 at 20:06
Is possible to do some dark magic to manipulate this window with shell? – Vinicius Gonçalves Jul 06 '17 at 20:12
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UI automation, anything else would be a ugly hack. – Anders Jul 06 '17 at 20:14
This is exactly my second choice. Tks – Vinicius Gonçalves Jul 06 '17 at 20:16

ShellFolderView

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