The ShellBrowser components give a programmer easy access to the Win32 shell functionality. The components look and behave exactly like the corresponding parts of the Explorer and are Unicode enabled.

Features: The ShellBrowser component set is set of UI controls that look and behave like the Windows Explorer. The JamShellList, JamShellTree and JamShellCombo components imitate the corresponding parts of the Windows Explorer, including correct icons with overlays, the Explorer context menu, OLE drag&drop, thumbnails, details, virtual folders and shell extensions. The JamShellLink component allows synchronization of multiple shell controls with a single line of code. A thumbnail component displays previews of selected files in sizes you choose. All componments support the properties page, correct icons, OLE Drag&Drop, the Explorer context menu and Unicode. The ShellBrowser components are also available as native VCL version for Borland C++ and Delphi as also .NET editions.

The application you are developing can have this shell functionality that makes the end user comfortable because of the familiar interface. The component set includes 14 visual and non-visual items. All captions such as column headers in the JamShellList are queried from the system in the active language, so no strings need to be translated. Overlay icons are supported. All shell extension that are compatible with the explorer are also compatible with this component set. The JamShellTree, JamShellList and JamDriveList lets you use check boxes if you need them. Documents and examples facilitate integration effort. The ShellBrowser are royalty free to distribute.

Overall: A nice development kit for a frequently used functionality.