Sorting File List (shell.application)

[JohnBailey]

The script should be self explanatory.

I'm wanting to sort a windows explorer (shell.application) file list (listview ctrl) items. The below script does sort the items, but a weird thing happens. Weird thing: the icons don't sort with items and when you click on what you the item says it is, it turns out to be what it originally was. Test it. Any ideas?

I've spent a lot of time on MSDN and they don't seem to have a sort function exposed, although I know they are doing it some how (duh!).

I did have an idea for sorting by clicking the particular column header, but i don't know how to do that yet.

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#include <GuiConstants.au3>
#include <GuiListView.au3>
#include <GuiImageList.au3>
#Include <GuiHeader.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

Sleep(4000);  Sleep is there to wait for you to get to whatever window you want to test this on
;NOTE: you must have details view enabled in that window.  
;         I could have made the script do this all for you but it would make the script longer

Local $WindowHwnd = HWnd(WinGetHandle(''))
Local $FileListView_HWnd=ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd,'','[Class:SysListView32;Instance:1]')
Local $HeaderControlHandle = ControlGetHandle($WindowHwnd ,'','SysHeader321');[class:SysHeader32;instance:1]
Local $colCount = _GUICtrlListView_GetColumnCount($FileListView_HWnd)

ConsoleWrite('  Col Count: '&$colCount &' for '&$HeaderControlHandle&@CRLF)

Local $columnToSort = 0
Local $columnSortType = 0
Local $columnSortDirection = 0 
For $_c = 0 To $colCount-1
    Local $_colflag = _GUICtrlHeader_GetItemFlags($HeaderControlHandle, $_c)
    If $_colflag <> 0 Then
        $columnToSort = $_c
        $columnFlag = $_colflag
        If $columnFlag = 8 Then;up arrow (default = up/descending)
            ConsoleWrite('   Col '& $_c &' - Item Flag: '&$_colflag &@CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite('  Col Sort Type: '&'descending' &@CRLF)
            $columnSortDirection = 1;Descending
        ElseIf $columnFlag = 4 Then;down arrow
            ConsoleWrite('   Col '& $_c &' - Item Flag: '&$_colflag &@CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite('  Col Sort Type: '& 'ascending' &@CRLF)
            $columnSortDirection = 0;Ascending
        EndIf
    EndIf
Next

If $columnSortDirection = 0 Then
    $columnSortDirection = 1
    $columnFlag = 8
ElseIf $columnSortDirection = 1 Then
    $columnSortDirection = 0
    $columnFlag = 4
EndIf
_GUICtrlHeader_SetItemFlags($HeaderControlHandle, $columnToSort, $columnFlag)

Global $B_DESCENDING[_GUICtrlListView_GetColumnCount ($FileListView_HWnd) ]
If $columnSortDirection = 0 Then
    $B_DESCENDING[$columnToSort] = 'False'
ElseIf $columnSortDirection = 1 Then
    $B_DESCENDING[$columnToSort] = 'True'
EndIf
_GUICtrlListView_SimpleSort($FileListView_HWnd, $B_DESCENDING, $columnToSort)

For $_c = 0 to UBound($B_DESCENDING)-1
    ConsoleWrite("-->Col:" & @TAB & $B_DESCENDING[$_c] & @CRLF)
Next
For $_c = 0 to $colCount-1
    If $columnToSort <> $_c Then
        _GUICtrlHeader_SetItemFormat ($HeaderControlHandle, $_c, BitOR($HDF_LEFT, $HDF_STRING));THANKS GARYFROST
    EndIf
Next