Create an application with a editable property

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I am looking for some sort of sample on how to create an application that has a property in the Windows Property dialog that can be edited. Basically I wanted to create an application that will be like a shortcut, but it can use relative paths. what I mean by windows property dialog is the window that appears when you right click a file in windows explorer and select the right click menu item "Properties" at the bottom.

In this case what I am trying to do is create a new version of the ShortCut only this one will accept relative paths. I could do something similar with a batch file that contains the relative path to the target but then the command window is open during the time that the file is open using the batch file. Basically have some folders that contain files, and alias to the same file with a different name so that can open the same file (in this case a video file) that has a different name.

The person who gave one star show me how stupid I am by at least answering the question. If it is a stupid question then prove it.

An option may be to have the application add a context menu item the to the explorer context window that will bring up a form that allows the user to enter a path. So far no one seems to know how to add a property to the current file properties window.

What I have tried:

Done a lot of searching on the internet with little success.

Posted 1-May-17 11:14am

Clifford Nelson

Updated 4-May-17 6:19am

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Dave Kreskowiak 1-May-17 17:21pm

You're going to have to specifically explain what you mean by "Windows Property dialog". Windows has more "property dialogs" than my son has stickers plastering the walls in his room.

Clifford Nelson 1-May-17 17:52pm

Have done

ZurdoDev 1-May-17 21:35pm

Do you want it to be an editable property or just display like other properties (Created Date, Size, etc.)

You should give a clear example to help us understand what you are needing to do.

Clifford Nelson 3-May-17 14:54pm

Ok...Here it is. I want to create a very simple application that will be able to open a file using a relative path that can be set in windows explorer by changing the value of a property associated with the executable. The current shortcut only seems to support an absolute path which is useless for portable drives, and a folder copied with shortcuts will no longer work.

ZurdoDev 3-May-17 15:06pm

Why don't you make the path a command line argument? I'm not even sure I've ever seen what you are asking.

Clifford Nelson 3-May-17 17:03pm

So tell me what happens when you create a batch command. The command window shows as long as the application is running unless specifically closed. Thus for every batch started, two windows will appear. I do not think that is very desirable. You may. In my opinion shortcuts should have supported relative paths, but they do not appear to except through bad workarounds.

ZurdoDev 4-May-17 6:48am

I'm suggesting using a command line argument, not a batch file.

Clifford Nelson 4-May-17 12:15pm

Still does not do what I want. I wanted to create an application. I have solved the problem, but want to see if I can create something smarter than the windows shortcut. In other words a replacement. I did not ask how to actually do it since there would be little reason to ask the programming community on how to do something in windows. I want to know how to create an editable property in the file property window.

ZurdoDev 4-May-17 13:25pm

As I stated, I've never seen an editable property before so I'm not sure it can be done. However, using a command line argument would be very easy to do and give you the same result.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2017-05-01T21:20:00

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See windows explorer context menu - Google Search[^].

Posted 1-May-17 21:20pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Clifford Nelson 3-May-17 17:05pm

That is for adding context menu items, not for adding a editable property to an application

Richard MacCutchan 4-May-17 2:54am

I have just reread your question and I still cannot quite figure out what you are trying to do. A relative path in a shortcut makes no sense, since the shortcut would need to be somewhere in the absolute path, so how would the user find it?

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