ShellObjects.Net 9.0 descriptions ShellObjects. Net 9. 0 brings to your app quick-launch-like appbars MSN/Office2003 style popups wizards automatic form resizing system-wide hotkeys animated trayicons & much more. ShellObjects. Net is written in 100% managed code it fully supports Visual Studio 2005/. Net 2. 0 it has a royalty-free redistribution license it has no external dependencies & it comes with comprehensive documentation & numerous samples. ShellAppBar -------------------- *Quickly & easily convert your forms into application desktop toolbars - simply place the component on your form & you are done! *Dock appbars to any screen edge or leave them undocked. *Complete support for animated autohide functionality when appbar is not in user. *Support for appbar resizing when docked. *Complete support for drag-docking of appbars. *Support for multi-monitor configurations. ShellPopupNotification ----------------------------------- *Displays multiple popups in MSN or Office2003 style with complete customization of appearance. *Multiple popups are automatically arranged on the screen & the arrangement origin & direction can be customized. *Popups can be displayed using slide fade or a combination of slide-fade animation with complete customization of animation properties & various slide styles. *Popups can also be shown at programmer-defined locations on the screen. *Popups can have a close button & an options button with the ability to automatically show a contextmenu when the options button is clicked *Popups can be dragged around in Office2003 style by the gripper bar. *A simple yet comprehensive API consisting of properties methods & events allows complete customization & advanced control over the behavior. Wizard ------------- Powerful design-time features : Create Welcome pages with a ready to use & #039 Welcome Page& #039 template. Create Inner pages with page headers. Create a Finish page. Create the above three types of pages using designer verbs or using the Page Manager dialog. Complete support for designing the UI of each page just like you would design a form. Easily navigate between wizard pages at design time using easily accessible links or the Page Manager dialog. Easily reorder pages within the wizard using the Page Manager dialog. Easily delete pages from the wizard using designer verbs or simply hitting the & #039 Delete& #039 key. Runtime features : Supports automatic back/forward page navigation. Automatically enables/disables & shows/hides Back Next Finish Cancel Help buttons depending on the position of the current page in the wizard & whether the page is a Welcome Inner or Finish page. Support for page headers with a bold caption a description & a header image. Buttons can be enabled/disabled or shown/hidden on a per-page basis. Powerful customization allows dynamic alteration of page flow using wizard-level & page-level events. Atomically fills the host form using DockStyle. Fill. Supports an always visible Finish button in addition to the Next button. Support disabling of buttons & display of a wait cursor during page changes if page changing is a time-consuming process. Support custom painting of the wizard. Resizer --------------- Simply adding the Resizer component to a form adds automatic sizing & resolution independence to the form. Resizing behavior of individual controls can be customizing & controlled at design-time or runtime. Automatically saves/restores the size & position of the host form during form load/unload. Automatically resizes the host form if the display resolution changes or if it is different from the design-time display resolution. TaskDialog ------------------- Full support for the new Vista task dialogs. Comprehensive task dialog features & functionality exposed via a simple set of methods properties & events. Supports all task dialog features including progress bars buttons radio buttons expando buttons & more. SystemHotKey --------------------- Define system wide hotkeys which are listened for even when your application is not the active application. Full design-time support allows easy definition of the hotkey at design time. Hotkey can be enabled/disabled. SingleInstanceComponent ----------------------------------- Just 1-line of code in the Main method allows your application to get notified when another instance of the same application is started. Support for passing of custom data such as command-line parameters from the new instance to the previous instance. The new instance can be optionally prevented from running. TaskScheduler ------------------------ Total control of the Windows Task Scheduler service Create modify or delete tasks on local & remote computers. Add or delete a variety of triggers from tasks. Simple yet powerful API for easy access to all features of the Task Scheduler. ShellNotifyIcon ------------------------ *Displays icons in the shell tray notification area. *Supports animation with complete control over the animation properties. *Supports multiple icons - a different icon can be shown at different times depending on the state of your application. *Automatically display a context menu when the icon is clicked or right-clicked. *Supports balloon style infotips when the icon is added to the system tray. *Displays a tooltip when the mouse moves over the icon. *A simple yet comprehensive API consisting of properties methods & events allows complete customization & advanced control over the behavior. ShellLink ----------------- *Allows applications to read modify & create new shortcut/ shellinks through a simple set of properties & methods. UrlLink ---------------- *Allows applications to read modify & create new internet shortcuts through a simple set of properties & methods.