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CustomFolderComboBox Class

The CustomFolderComboBox is a simple component that allows to display folders and drives in a combo box with its associated icons. It is kept with basic functionality to allow for further extension by the programmer. See ShellComboBox for an advanced component which derives from the CustomFolderComboBox.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  SystemMarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModelComponent
      System.Windows.FormsControl
        System.Windows.FormsListControl
          System.Windows.FormsComboBox
            Jam.ShellCustomEditComboBox
              Jam.ShellCustomFolderComboBox
                Jam.ShellShellComboBox

Namespace: Jam.Shell
Assembly: ShellBrowser (in ShellBrowser.dll) Version: 7.2
Syntax
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public abstract class CustomFolderComboBox : CustomEditComboBox

The CustomFolderComboBox type exposes the following members.

Constructors
 NameDescription
Protected methodCustomFolderComboBox Default constructor of the CustomFolderComboBox base-class
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Properties
 NameDescription
Public propertyFont Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control and adapts UseSystemFont is set to false.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Public propertyIsInitialized Gets a value indicating whether the component is initialized.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected propertyOverlayTextBox Provides access to the TextBox field of the control.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Public propertyShellAutoCompletionMode This property controls the availability of the shells autocompletion mode, if set to FileSystem, Url or both, the ComboBox provides a TextField the user can type to. If disabled the default combobox behavior without editing functionality is used. Both, FileSystem and Url can be specified at once and are enabled by default. ShellAutoComplete.Url needs to be used to also provide autocompletion for UNC-Paths.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Public propertyShowFullPath If set to true, the full path of the selected item is shown in the combobox
Public propertyUseSystemFont Set this property to true if you want the component to utilize the default system font. It is also set to true if the UseSystemStyles property is set.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Public propertyUseSystemStyles Use this property to turn on or off the usage of the system specific design, i.e. enable Vista visual styles of the explorer components.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
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Methods
 NameDescription
Protected methodAdjustTextBoxSize Adjusts the size of the edit field so that it is inside the combo box.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Public methodBeginInit Signals the object that initialization is starting.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected methodCustomFolderComboDrawItemHandler This is the event handler registered to DrawItem(Control, DrawItemEventArgs, Boolean) it displays the items as files or folders
Public methodEnableSystemStyles Sets system specific behaviour, i.e. FullRowSelect in Vista and upwards.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Public methodEndInit Signals the object that initialization is complete.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected methodOnCreateControl Recalculates the ItemHeight. Raises the CreateControl method.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected methodOnHandleCreated This event is triggered after the handle of the control was created.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected methodOnOverlayResizeThis method is called from the OverlayTextBox.Resize Event. It calls the AdjusTextBoxSize method.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected methodOnShowOptionChanged This method needs to be called if a a ShowOption changed.
Protected methodOnSizeChanged This event is triggered after the size of the combobox changed. Fixes bug #4397.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected methodSetFont Sets the font without adjusting other properties.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Protected methodUpdateOverlayTextBox Updates the Text of the OverlayTextBox by either setting the items caption or the items path depending on the ShowFullPath property
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Events
 NameDescription
Public eventInitialized Occurs when initialization of the component is completed.
(Inherited from CustomEditComboBox)
Public eventShowOptionChangedEvent Register to this event to get informed about an optionchange of the Show{...} properties.
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Extension Methods
 NameDescription
Public Extension MethodGetSelfAndDescendants Returns a flattened collection of a control and all of its descendant controls.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods)
Public Extension MethodHandleNeededA Control extension method that ensures that the handle for a control is created.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods)
Public Extension MethodScaledPixelsAn extension method for controls: It scales the passed pixels according to the current dpi the control is displayed with.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods)
Public Extension MethodScaleFontA Control extension method that scales font according to the passed factor.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods)
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