Windows Shell Programming

by Scott Seely

The authoritative guide to Windows shell programming *Leverage the full power of the Windows shell *Techniques that leverage your existing C++, MFC, and ATL skills *Custom taskbars, menus, toolbars,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130254967
• ISBN13: 9780130254962
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good starting point for shell programming...

I picked this book up recently as a reference for a NSE project I'm working on. So far I've found the book excellent in that capacity. Whether or not the book will be useful to you depends on the amount of hand holding you need. As far as getting to relevant information quickly and a layout that lets chapters stand on their own; my needs were meet and I'm glad I purchased the book. Another reviewer mentioned that the install CD doesn't work. The problem was actually a glitch with install shield and on some machines the REG entry describing the location of VC++ wizards is missing so the path is invalid and install shield reports your out of space in the destination folder(bla bla bla). But if you have the technical ability to copy the INCLUDE and LIB directories to your hard drive and add them to VC++ directories under options, and copy the wizard (AWX) files to the appropriate directory, you'll be ok - and if that's too difficult, you probably shouldn't be messing with the windows shell anyway.This is of course detailed on Scott Seely's web page and he provides and email address for you to contact him with any questions. I did in fact email when I got stuck building an extension that was not backed by a directory structure and streamed IO through a java app to provide virtual remote access to a server through explorer; he responded quickly and was very helpful.Anyone who is interested in these topics should also check out the newsgroup microsoft.public.platformsdk.ui_shell on server msnews.microsoft.com

Great book

I really wanted to "wow" my friends by customizing the Windows shell. I bought this book and was able to do all sorts of great stuff. I now have my own screensavers running and a shell extension that I wrote which displays the Pokemon cards I've collected. The whole book was pretty easy to understand.

Simplifying the Shell Game

This is an eminently practical approach to Windows Shell programming. It is most useful as a reference that sheds light on the intricacies of this programming realm.