Who wants to translate this to AutoIt?

[Xichael]

There's this great little program that makes Windows' desktop icons display in list view. I'm sure this could be done in AutoIt, but I wouldn't have a clue how. The developer has made the source code available, and I'm wondering if any of you adepts would like to have a crack at recoding it to AutoIt.

The source files are here:

http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/src/

[BrettF]

There's this great little program that makes Windows' desktop icons display in list view. I'm sure this could be done in AutoIt, but I wouldn't have a clue how. The developer has made the source code available, and I'm wondering if any of you adepts would like to have a crack at recoding it to AutoIt.

The source files are here:

http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/src/

Allright. What are possible steps on how to tackle this?

You can do it yourself. Its not that complicated...

• Get items on the desktop
• Filter out stuff you may/may not want to see (user settings)
• Get the icons
• Populate a list view

[ProgAndy]

The desktop IS a listview muttley

Small Icons:

#include <GUIListView.au3>
$h = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Progman]")
$hwnd = ControlGetHandle($h,"","SysListView321")
_GUICtrlListView_SetView($hwnd,3)

reset:

#include <GUIListView.au3>
$h = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Progman]")
$hwnd = ControlGetHandle($h,"","SysListView321")
_GUICtrlListView_SetView($hwnd,1)

[Xichael]

Brilliant! Thanks! Works like a charm.

Now if only I understood how it works.

I've got lots to learn...

[ProgAndy]

a listview can have different looks. (Like the tile / Small Icon ... in explorer)

0 is details

1 is large icon -> desktop standart

2 is list ( doesn't work for desktop)

3 is small icon -> desktop "List" style

4 is tile

[TehWhale]

The desktop IS a listview muttley

Small Icons:

#include <GUIListView.au3>
$h = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Progman]")
$hwnd = ControlGetHandle($h,"","SysListView321")
_GUICtrlListView_SetView($hwnd,3)

reset:

#include <GUIListView.au3>
$h = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Progman]")
$hwnd = ControlGetHandle($h,"","SysListView321")
_GUICtrlListView_SetView($hwnd,1)

Wow, that's fricken awesome!

I must add that to my Autoit Examples Library!

Edited July 14, 2008 by JasonB