CODEWITHSUNDEEP
webdavexplorerwindows-explorer
user1608732
user1608732

Reputation: 31

Explorer Integration

I would like to show my own list of files & folders in explorer. For eg, if I have a empty folder, say 'D:/Store' , then when click on the particular folder from explorer, I would like to send the list of files/folders to be listed from my application (by querying internal db / metadata). Explorer, should use those lists and list them as a normal file folder list (virtual file folder list). Then again, further navigation should do happened by querying my internal database. Similarly, if they try to open a file, I will send the content of the particular file from my application, and explorer should show it.

Please let me know, whether it is possible ?

If not, i) whether I have to create my own explorer windows to achieve this. ii) Or WebDAV will help me to achieve my requirement.

If so, which language will be opt for that. I am familiar with c/c++. Let me know, if some other languages / tools I need.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 349

Answers (1)

brad
brad

Reputation: 854

Yes, this is what webdav is for. The protocol is conceptually simple so you could in theory implement your own server-side protocol handling, but in practise there are a lot of per client idiosyncrasies to be handled, so you're better off using a library.

So you'll need to integrate your database with a webdav server library. For example http://milton.io (my project) is a java library for this purpose. Using it is simple, there are lots of examples, many people get a simple implementation running with windows in a few hours. Milton is a very active project and there is good support (mostly from me!)

If you prefer to use php the SabreDav library is very good and actively maintained.

Upvotes: 1

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