windows file dialogs with unix file path

[Michael Jung]

Hi,

On Wednesday 20 April 2005 09:36, Mike McCormack wrote:
> If you figure out how to make a file open dialog use that code, let me
> know.

If you import the attached file with regedit the unix filesystem will appear 
in open/save file dialogs. Currently it only shows folders, no files, since 
this is all what is needed for winecfg's drive mapping property sheet. I'm 
still working on it (though I didn't have too much spare time lately) to 
extent it to files and make it more complete. 

This all doesn't help a whole lot, however, if what you want is to access 
files via unix path names. The CreateFile etc. functions still do not know 
how to handle unix paths.

I thought about a per application property in the wine configuration, which 
states if an application can handle unix paths correctly. Wine's file 
functions would accept unix paths only if this property is set for the 
running application (winelib apps probably should be provided an api to tell 
wine programmatically that they know how to handle unix paths). The unix 
filesystem shell namespace extension (uuh?) would also appear only, if the 
property is set. 

What do you think about this idea? What is your guess about how much effort 
this would take?

Bye,
-- 
Michael Jung
mjung at iss.tu-darmstadt.de
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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\Namespace]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\Namespace\{CC702EB2-7DC5-11D9-C687-0004238A01CD}]
@="My Unix Filesystem"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellExtensions]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellExtensions\Approved]
"{CC702EB2-7DC5-11D9-C687-0004238A01CD}"="My UNIX Filesystem"