Project: TheBox, a handy little container

[jj2007]

Even if opening the .lnk file to get the path to the actual file. I had never done it but it should be possible???

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IPersistFile STRUCT
QueryInterface dd ?
AddRef dd ?
Release dd ?
GetClassID dd ?
IsDirty dd ?
Load dd ?
Save dd ?
SaveCompleted dd ?
GetCurFile dd ?
IPersistFile ENDS

GetCurFile

[NoCforMe]

So Hutch, you hit on exactly what the obvious next step is for this li'l program, the ability to reorder items, ideally by dragging them in the window. Could be done in a clunkier way, say by having a list that you reorder, but dragging would be the best.

This isn't trivial or easy, so I think I'll keep it in mind for a programming push sometime in the near future.

Any other suggestions for features are appreciated.

[NoCforMe]

it's basically a folder you can use to store things in and have them in one place.

But don't work with *.lnk files´

I just tried it with a shortcut; created the shortcut (a .lnk file) in the folder with the app, dragged the shortcut to TheBox, double-clicked it and it opened just fine. Did it not work for you? What happened, nothing?

I tell you, that ShellExecute() is powerful magic. It seems to know how to open anything.

[HSE]

Did it not work for you?

I will try again next year 

[jj2007]

we could talk David into adding some editing capacity to add, remove or change the order

Details view, sorted by date, latest on top? Oh no... that resembles too much an MRU

[NoCforMe]

Yeah, that might be a wee bit overkill. I did code a Properties dialog (right-click on any item, choose "Properties" from the popup menu).

Hutch, you can delete items from that same menu. I could code a dialog with a list of items and let you pick and delete them there.

[daydreamer]

Hi David
great
works on win10

[HSE]

Did it not work for you?

Work perfectly.

[NoCforMe]

Did it not work for you?

Work perfectly.

Wow, it only took you a year to reply!

[zedd151]

Wow, it only took you a year to reply!

* since last year   

[NoCforMe]

Once you try to explain the joke it's no longer funny.

[zedd151]

Once you try to explain the joke it's no longer funny.

Yes that is correct; but would have been more accurate and make more sense, the way I corrected it.    And just as funny.     Sort of like saying on New Years Eve, "I'll quit smoking/drinking or whatever until next year".    
To keep this on topic, TheBox works as well on Windows 10 as it did on Windows 7 for me!

[NoCforMe]

[nevermind, posted in wrong place]