[Lazarus] Windows Explorer context menu plug-in with fpc?

Paul Breneman list2010 at BrenemanLabs.com
Fri Nov 19 14:45:51 CET 2010


Bo Berglund wrote:
> Is it possible to make a Windows Explorer plug-in DLL using
> FPC/Lazarus?
> What I mean is the type where you see a submenu in the rightclick menu
> in Explorer like for example TortoiseSVN displays.
> As far as I have understood Win7x64 requires the plug-in to be 64 bit
> so it cannot be done in Delphi yet, but maybe wit FPC?
> 
> Then again, I have noted on my Win7x64 machine that both TortioiseSVN
> and notepad++ integrate this way even though seem to be 32 bit
> applications. How is that done? Did they create a 64 bit dll for the
> plug-in, which in turn can call the 32 bit program?
> 
> Any insight in this is appreciated.
> And I am not good at reading C++ so what I am after is sime pascal
> solution...

Embarcadero's web site seems to be down at the moment, but there is a 
little copied from a message on one of there forums from 1 Feb 2010:

At http://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/27554 you can find the source code for 
a shell extension which can be compiled to a 64bit library using Free 
Pascal / Lazarus. The source code is compatible with Delphi 7 and 
better, too.

If you don't already use www.codenewsfast.com you might search on it for
"explorer shell extension 64" and you'll find several threads about this.




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