Windows Explorer in Qt Application

Question

I would like to embed a Windows Explorer (not internet explorer) in my Qt application so that the user has a view to a Windows directory and can do regular file operations such as double-click to open, or rename. I understand that ActiveX is the way to re-use this sort of objects on Windows.

Is this possible and what is the suggested way of achieving this?

Thank you.

Answer 1

You should use a QFilesystemModel to obtain the file and directory listing, then use a QTreeView to display it.

http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/itemviews-dirview-main-cpp.html

Answer 2

It sounds like you're describing an IShellView