/// <summary>
/// Creates a ShellObject given a parsing name
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parsingName"></param>
/// <returns>A newly constructed ShellObject object</returns>
internal static ShellObject Create(string parsingName)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(parsingName))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("parsingName");
}
// Create a native shellitem from our path
IShellItem2 nativeShellItem;
Guid guid = new Guid("7E9FB0D3-919F-4307-AB2E-9B1860310C93");
int retCode = ShellNativeMethods.SHCreateItemFromParsingName(parsingName, IntPtr.Zero, ref guid, out nativeShellItem);
if (retCode != 0)
{
throw new Exception("ShellObjectFactoryUnableToCreateItem", Marshal.GetExceptionForHR(retCode));
}
return(ShellObjectFactory.Create(nativeShellItem));
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a ShellObject subclass given a parsing name.
/// For file system items, this method will only accept absolute paths.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parsingName">The parsing name of the object.</param>
/// <returns>A newly constructed ShellObject object.</returns>
public static ShellObject FromParsingName(string parsingName)
{
return(ShellObjectFactory.Create(parsingName));
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new <c>ShellPropertyCollection</c> object with the specified file or folder path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The path to the file or folder.</param>
public ShellPropertyCollection(string path) : this(ShellObjectFactory.Create(path))
{
}