Develop shell namespace extensions fast and painlessly in MFC with EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC 2.0.

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 23, 2007 – Anybody who has developed Windows shell namespace extensions will attest to the pains and frustrations, difficulties and subtleties, and even the bugs and limitations of the Windows Shell and the Shell AP. Terms such as PIDL and ITEMIDLIST can give developers nightmares. All these combined with skimpy and often erroneous documentation means that developing namespace extensions from scratch is an extremely time-consuming effort. It can take days just to develop a minimal namespace extension and this is just the beginning. As soon as you start to add other features such as context menus, drag-drop, details/report view, thumbnail view and group/category view, the time required can get blown into weeks and weeks on end and put a project schedule out of orbit.

For developers looking for a way out of all this, the newly released EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC is the prefect solution. EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC is a well designed and thoroughly tested framework for developing namespace extensions in MFC, ATL or plain C++. It relieves the developer of all the time-consuming tasks required for developing namespace extensions. With EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC, a developer can concentrate on writing the functionality of his namespace extension and not worry about the hundred things that are necessary to develop a usable namespace extension.

EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC comes with Visual Studio Project Wizards which, in just a few seconds, generate skeletal code for a read-to-build-and-view namespace extension. This enables the developer to immediately start adding the functionality of his namespace extension and not waste time laying the groundwork. EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC also comes with various sample applications which the developer can use as a good starting point for his own namespace extension.

Shell namespace extensions developed with EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC support all kinds of features including folder/non-folder items, sub-folders, sub-folder navigation, custom views, details/report view, contextmenus, background contextmenus, drag-drop, icons, overlay icons, thumbnails, group/category view, tile view, property sheets and many other features which enable the namespace extension to integrate smoothly and seamlessly into Windows Explorer and other browsers.

EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC supports all versions of Visual Studio including the latest Visual Studio 2008. Trial versions and detailed product information is available at http://www.ssware.com/eznamespaceextensions/eznamespacee .... Development licenses can be purchased starting from US $295. Multi-developer licenses, site licenses and Support and Upgrade Subscriptions are also available.