H
Henrik
I'm sorry to trouble you once again but somebody must know how to get
a list of the desktop icons and their respective positions.
I know that I have to look into shell but I have no idea how to do
it...!
Regards
I've found this bit of vb code but I don't know how to translate it
into C# (Don't know if it works)
Public Class GetIcons
Public Const GENERIC_READ = &H80000000
Public Const GENERIC_WRITE = &H40000000
Public Const OPEN_ALWAYS = 4
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = &H80
Public Const SECTION_MAP_WRITE = &H2
Public Const FILE_MAP_WRITE = SECTION_MAP_WRITE
'NOT documented in Win32api.txt
Public Const PAGE_READWRITE As Long = &H4
Const LVM_GETTITEMCOUNT& = (&H1000 + 4)
Const LVM_SETITEMPOSITION& = (&H1000 + 15)
Const LVM_FIRST = &H1000
Const LVM_GETITEMPOSITION = (LVM_FIRST + 16)
Const LVM_GETITEMTEXT = LVM_FIRST + 45
'damn hell of a lot of declares
'copymemory *3 avoid byval in code - bug? works this way
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory"
_
(ByVal hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As
Long)
Private Declare Sub CopyMemoryOne Lib "kernel32" Alias
"RtlMoveMemory" _
(ByVal hpvDest&, ByVal hpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As Long)
Private Declare Sub CopyMemoryTwo Lib "kernel32" Alias
"RtlMoveMemory" _
(ByVal hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource&, ByVal cbCopy As Long)
Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias
"SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long,
ByVal lParam _
As Any) As Long
Declare Function SendMessageByLong& Lib "user32" Alias
"SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hwnd&, ByVal wMsg&, ByVal wParam&, ByVal lParam&)
Private Declare Function FindWindow& Lib "user32" Alias
"FindWindowA" _
(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String)
Private Declare Function FindWindowEx& Lib "user32" Alias _
"FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hWndChildAfter _
As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String)
'declares for printing to the desktop or other window for debug
purposes
Public Declare Function TextOut Lib "gdi32" Alias "TextOutA" (ByVal
_
hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal lpString As _
String, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As
Long
Public Declare Function ReleaseDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long,
_
ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function InvalidateRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As
Long, _
ByVal lpRect As Any, ByVal bErase As Long) As Long
Public Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As
Long)
'declares for memory-mapped files
Public Declare Function CreateFile Lib "kernel32" Alias
"CreateFileA" _
(ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, _
ByVal dwShareMode As Long, ByVal lpSecurityAttributes As Any, _
ByVal dwCreationDisposition As Long, ByVal dwFlagsAndAttributes As
_
Long, ByVal hTemplateFile As Long) As Long
' changed lpFileMappigAttributes to Any, makes life much easier
Public Declare Function CreateFileMappingTwo Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"CreateFileMappingA" (ByVal hFile As Long, ByVal
lpFileMappigAttributes _
As Any, ByVal flProtect As Long, ByVal dwMaximumSizeHigh As Long, _
ByVal dwMaximumSizeLow As Long, ByVal lpName As String) As Long
Public Declare Function MapViewOfFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
hFileMappingObject As Long, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal _
dwFileOffsetHigh As Long, ByVal dwFileOffsetLow As Long, ByVal _
dwNumberOfBytesToMap As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function UnmapViewOfFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal
lpBaseAddress As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject
As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function FlushViewOfFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal
lpBaseAddress As Long, ByVal dwNumberOfBytesToFlush As Long) As Long
'type declarations
Public Structure LV_ITEM ' might need this if we ever figure out
Dim mask As Long ' how to retrieve the text
Dim iItem As Long
Dim iSubItem As Long
Dim State As Long
Dim stateMask As Long
Dim pszText As Long
Dim cchTextMax As Long
Dim iImage As Long
Dim lParam As Long ' I think we might need a second
Dim iIndent As Long ' memory mapped file
End Structure
Public Structure POINTAPI
Dim x As Long
Dim y As Long
End Structure
Dim c As POINTAPI
Public IconPosition() As POINTAPI
Public IconPosition2() As POINTAPI
Public TempIconPosition2 As POINTAPI
'dimension some variables
Dim pNull As Long
Dim MyValue%, MyValue2%
Dim sFileName As String
Dim CurrentDirectory As String
Dim hdesk&, i%
Global icount&
Public Sub FindIcons()
'no error trapping done quick and dirty code
'this is Proof of Concept Code
'a problem for the reader <g>
pNull = 0
hdesk = FindWindow("progman", vbNullString)
hdesk = FindWindowEx(hdesk, 0, "shelldll_defview",
vbNullString)
hdesk = FindWindowEx(hdesk, 0, "syslistview32", vbNullString)
'hdesk is the handle of the Desktop's listview
icount = SendMessageByLong(hdesk, LVM_GETTITEMCOUNT, 0, 0&)
'bail if we get a zero count
If icount = 0 Then MsgBox("Error occurred: No icons found", _
vbOKOnly, "PauliesPet") : Unload(Form1) : End
'tell me how many icons we found
Form1.Text1.Text = Str(icount) + " icons detected "
'redimension arrays
ReDim IconPosition(icount) As POINTAPI
ReDim IconPosition2(icount) As POINTAPI
'///// create a memory-mapped file /////
CurrentDirectory = App.Path
If Right$(CurrentDirectory, 1) <> "\" Then _
CurrentDirectory = CurrentDirectory + "\"
sFileName = CurrentDirectory + "TEMPPPPP.PPP"
' Open file
hFile = CreateFile(sFileName, GENERIC_READ Or GENERIC_WRITE, 0, _
ByVal pNull, OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, _
pNull)
' get handle
hFileMap = CreateFileMappingTwo(hFile, ByVal pNull, PAGE_READWRITE, _
0, 16, "MyMapping")
' Get pointer to memory representing file
pFileMap = MapViewOfFile(hFileMap, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0)
For i = 0 To icount - 1
'lparam is mem-map file Pointer
Call SendMessageByLong(hdesk, LVM_GETITEMPOSITION, i,
pFileMap)
'copy returned to our POINTAPI (c.x,c.y)
CopyMemoryTwo(c, pFileMap, 8)
'show me where the icons are
Form1.List1.AddItem(Str(i + 1) + " x-" + Str(c.x) + " y-" _
+ Str(c.y))
'put value in our arrays
IconPosition(i) = c
'back up array for swapping later
IconPosition2(i) = c
Next i
'Release resources back to windows
FlushViewOfFile(pFileMap, 8)
UnmapViewOfFile(pFileMap)
CloseHandle(hFileMap)
CloseHandle(hFile)
End Sub
Sub RefreshDesktop()
' refresh the whole desktop , we'll just invalidate everything
xcc% = InvalidateRect(0, ByVal 0, 0)
End Sub
Sub RefreshIconPositions()
For i = 0 To icount - 1
'reset our icon switching array
IconPosition2(i) = IconPosition(i)
'Set icon postions back to what we found originally
Call SendMessageByLong(hdesk, LVM_SETITEMPOSITION, i, _
CLng(IconPosition(i).x + IconPosition(i).y * &H10000))
Next i
End Sub
End Class
a list of the desktop icons and their respective positions.
I know that I have to look into shell but I have no idea how to do
it...!
Regards
I've found this bit of vb code but I don't know how to translate it
into C# (Don't know if it works)
Public Class GetIcons
Public Const GENERIC_READ = &H80000000
Public Const GENERIC_WRITE = &H40000000
Public Const OPEN_ALWAYS = 4
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = &H80
Public Const SECTION_MAP_WRITE = &H2
Public Const FILE_MAP_WRITE = SECTION_MAP_WRITE
'NOT documented in Win32api.txt
Public Const PAGE_READWRITE As Long = &H4
Const LVM_GETTITEMCOUNT& = (&H1000 + 4)
Const LVM_SETITEMPOSITION& = (&H1000 + 15)
Const LVM_FIRST = &H1000
Const LVM_GETITEMPOSITION = (LVM_FIRST + 16)
Const LVM_GETITEMTEXT = LVM_FIRST + 45
'damn hell of a lot of declares
'copymemory *3 avoid byval in code - bug? works this way
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory"
_
(ByVal hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As
Long)
Private Declare Sub CopyMemoryOne Lib "kernel32" Alias
"RtlMoveMemory" _
(ByVal hpvDest&, ByVal hpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As Long)
Private Declare Sub CopyMemoryTwo Lib "kernel32" Alias
"RtlMoveMemory" _
(ByVal hpvDest As Any, ByVal hpvSource&, ByVal cbCopy As Long)
Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias
"SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long,
ByVal lParam _
As Any) As Long
Declare Function SendMessageByLong& Lib "user32" Alias
"SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hwnd&, ByVal wMsg&, ByVal wParam&, ByVal lParam&)
Private Declare Function FindWindow& Lib "user32" Alias
"FindWindowA" _
(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String)
Private Declare Function FindWindowEx& Lib "user32" Alias _
"FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hWndChildAfter _
As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String)
'declares for printing to the desktop or other window for debug
purposes
Public Declare Function TextOut Lib "gdi32" Alias "TextOutA" (ByVal
_
hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal lpString As _
String, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As
Long
Public Declare Function ReleaseDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long,
_
ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function InvalidateRect Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As
Long, _
ByVal lpRect As Any, ByVal bErase As Long) As Long
Public Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As
Long)
'declares for memory-mapped files
Public Declare Function CreateFile Lib "kernel32" Alias
"CreateFileA" _
(ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, _
ByVal dwShareMode As Long, ByVal lpSecurityAttributes As Any, _
ByVal dwCreationDisposition As Long, ByVal dwFlagsAndAttributes As
_
Long, ByVal hTemplateFile As Long) As Long
' changed lpFileMappigAttributes to Any, makes life much easier
Public Declare Function CreateFileMappingTwo Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"CreateFileMappingA" (ByVal hFile As Long, ByVal
lpFileMappigAttributes _
As Any, ByVal flProtect As Long, ByVal dwMaximumSizeHigh As Long, _
ByVal dwMaximumSizeLow As Long, ByVal lpName As String) As Long
Public Declare Function MapViewOfFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
hFileMappingObject As Long, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal _
dwFileOffsetHigh As Long, ByVal dwFileOffsetLow As Long, ByVal _
dwNumberOfBytesToMap As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function UnmapViewOfFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal
lpBaseAddress As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject
As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function FlushViewOfFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal
lpBaseAddress As Long, ByVal dwNumberOfBytesToFlush As Long) As Long
'type declarations
Public Structure LV_ITEM ' might need this if we ever figure out
Dim mask As Long ' how to retrieve the text
Dim iItem As Long
Dim iSubItem As Long
Dim State As Long
Dim stateMask As Long
Dim pszText As Long
Dim cchTextMax As Long
Dim iImage As Long
Dim lParam As Long ' I think we might need a second
Dim iIndent As Long ' memory mapped file
End Structure
Public Structure POINTAPI
Dim x As Long
Dim y As Long
End Structure
Dim c As POINTAPI
Public IconPosition() As POINTAPI
Public IconPosition2() As POINTAPI
Public TempIconPosition2 As POINTAPI
'dimension some variables
Dim pNull As Long
Dim MyValue%, MyValue2%
Dim sFileName As String
Dim CurrentDirectory As String
Dim hdesk&, i%
Global icount&
Public Sub FindIcons()
'no error trapping done quick and dirty code
'this is Proof of Concept Code
'a problem for the reader <g>
pNull = 0
hdesk = FindWindow("progman", vbNullString)
hdesk = FindWindowEx(hdesk, 0, "shelldll_defview",
vbNullString)
hdesk = FindWindowEx(hdesk, 0, "syslistview32", vbNullString)
'hdesk is the handle of the Desktop's listview
icount = SendMessageByLong(hdesk, LVM_GETTITEMCOUNT, 0, 0&)
'bail if we get a zero count
If icount = 0 Then MsgBox("Error occurred: No icons found", _
vbOKOnly, "PauliesPet") : Unload(Form1) : End
'tell me how many icons we found
Form1.Text1.Text = Str(icount) + " icons detected "
'redimension arrays
ReDim IconPosition(icount) As POINTAPI
ReDim IconPosition2(icount) As POINTAPI
'///// create a memory-mapped file /////
CurrentDirectory = App.Path
If Right$(CurrentDirectory, 1) <> "\" Then _
CurrentDirectory = CurrentDirectory + "\"
sFileName = CurrentDirectory + "TEMPPPPP.PPP"
' Open file
hFile = CreateFile(sFileName, GENERIC_READ Or GENERIC_WRITE, 0, _
ByVal pNull, OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, _
pNull)
' get handle
hFileMap = CreateFileMappingTwo(hFile, ByVal pNull, PAGE_READWRITE, _
0, 16, "MyMapping")
' Get pointer to memory representing file
pFileMap = MapViewOfFile(hFileMap, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, 0)
For i = 0 To icount - 1
'lparam is mem-map file Pointer
Call SendMessageByLong(hdesk, LVM_GETITEMPOSITION, i,
pFileMap)
'copy returned to our POINTAPI (c.x,c.y)
CopyMemoryTwo(c, pFileMap, 8)
'show me where the icons are
Form1.List1.AddItem(Str(i + 1) + " x-" + Str(c.x) + " y-" _
+ Str(c.y))
'put value in our arrays
IconPosition(i) = c
'back up array for swapping later
IconPosition2(i) = c
Next i
'Release resources back to windows
FlushViewOfFile(pFileMap, 8)
UnmapViewOfFile(pFileMap)
CloseHandle(hFileMap)
CloseHandle(hFile)
End Sub
Sub RefreshDesktop()
' refresh the whole desktop , we'll just invalidate everything
xcc% = InvalidateRect(0, ByVal 0, 0)
End Sub
Sub RefreshIconPositions()
For i = 0 To icount - 1
'reset our icon switching array
IconPosition2(i) = IconPosition(i)
'Set icon postions back to what we found originally
Call SendMessageByLong(hdesk, LVM_SETITEMPOSITION, i, _
CLng(IconPosition(i).x + IconPosition(i).y * &H10000))
Next i
End Sub
End Class