[Qt-interest] Windows Explorer extension using Qt

[Jason H]

You can do it but you'll need WinAPI to add yourself to the menu. After that, it 
should be cake. You might need to use native window handles though. Remember Qt 
is just a library... Once you register your menu item and handler entry point, 
you should have free reign. 






----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Hood <bhood2 at comcast.net>
To: "qt-interest at trolltech.com" <qt-interest at trolltech.com>
Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 10:25:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Windows Explorer extension using Qt

Ok, I gave it a week.  :)

On 12/29/2010 9:06 AM, Bob Hood wrote:
> If one exists, could somebody please point me at an example somewhere of
> constructing a Windows Explorer extension (an in-process COM server) using Qt
> that includes a context menu?  I would assume it would be using something like
> QAxServer.

C'mon, I know somebody out there has done this successfully.  Won't you please
share?  The only thing I've found is
http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/32104-howto-making-a-windows-shell-extension-with-qt-open-source-edition,

but I can't get it to actually work, and it doesn't include a context menu.

Since I posted this, I have found that I can do this with Python quite
easily.  The drawback is that it looks like I'm forced to use raw Windows
programming in order to get any kind of GUI associated with it.  I tried to
use PyQt, but could not make it work.

Honestly, I'd rather just use C++ and Qt.  I've done this before a LONG time
ago using MFC, but I'd rather not have to re-invent everything if somebody
would kindly share their existing code.

Thanks.

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