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I’m working on a project that requires hooking shell32.dll for various reasons and found a few code examples (not completely related).

Browse for folders using Shell32.dll’s BrowseForFolder method in C# — an example of restricting a browse dialog to folders only — useful for designating a working directory.

P/Invoke SHSetKnownFolderPath — apparently a Stack Overflow user wants to redirect a known folder path to another folder path.

These examples however were gold:

C# does Shell, Part 1

C# does Shell, Part 2

C# does Shell, Part 3

Global System Hooks in .NET

Low-level Windows API hooks from C# to stop unwanted keystrokes.

Additional Links

Customizing Folders in C#

IProgressDialog .NET — for some inexperienced reason it never even dawned on me that there might be an interface for native progress dialogs.

I’m all for open source and this one is simply smashing.

Smart Device Application – Database example

Animate with Pocket PC

Display and Hiding SIP on Pocket PC

Pocket PC in C#

Pocket PC Programming Tips

Eric Poncet’s Mobile site

VB Dot Net Heaven

PocketPC Programming for PocketPC and Windows CE (Orb Works)

A dead KrugSoft.  I really wish this one was still around as I’d love to see what

Evan Golub’s PocketPC (aka Windows CE 3.0) Programming Page

For some reason stuff like this never even dawned on me that it exists.  Then again until last year I didn’t know mobile devices existed that actually ran operating systems.

So here’s some non-Windows mobile developer stuff.

Mobile Linux Developer Resource

Android – An Open Handset Alliance Project (updated)

Another Stack Overflow gem in “How to use Office from Visual Studio C#?“  The question was exhausting but one of those who responded had some sagely advice:

The answer is to “Copy Local” whatever assembly dll you get for the interop. Once you have the assembly dll in your output folder, add a reference to it, and check it into source control.

Now everyone has the referenced assembly dll.

—anonymousstackoverflow

Now I’m sure to some that may sound like kindergarten learning but it never dawned on me to put external dependencies under source control.

In this fashion a set of legacy developers can maintain legacy code while emerging standards developers can maintain the latest emergent standard — both separated from the other one’s development.

I’ve had a light bulb and it’s warm.

How to: Test for Reference Equality (Identity) (C# Programming Guide)

How to: Define Value Equality for a Type (C# Programming Guide)

More information on what can and cannot be messed with after you do your research like I mentioned here.

Visual Studio (2008) ‘Clean Solution’ Option

The question, “How do I make Visual Studio auto generate braces for a function block?” had some really awesome replies with TONS of useful links.

Here’s another good link on the DTE/macros topic.