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I'm curious, how difficult would it be for someone to program an
application similar to MS file explorer? How long would that take?
What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?

any insight appreciated

..ongwar..

<GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm curious, how difficult would it be for someone to program an
> application similar to MS file explorer?
That depends on your level of expertise. For mine, it would be "not".

>How long would that take?
That depends on your level of knowledge of the MSDN, the canonical reference for
all things Microsoft. It is not known for its user friendliness and extensive
depth. If I were to bother, it would be "medium".

> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of these makes it
a commercial app. Why would the language make a difference? Some commercial apps
are written in VB.

> any insight appreciated

Der you go'.

[Jongware]

..Falcon..

"[Jongware]" wrote:
>
> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
.... snip ...
>
>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
>
> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.

And are immediately non-portable.

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"CBFalconer" wrote:

> "[Jongware]" wrote:
>>
>> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
> ... snip ...
>>
>>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
>>
>> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
>> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
>> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.
>
> And are immediately non-portable.

Did you read the question? He asked how to replicate "file explorer" which
is the Microsoft annoying, cutesy word for file manager. Unless you have
some unrevealed secrets, file managers are, by their very nature,
non-portable.

..Falcon..

osmium wrote:
> "CBFalconer" wrote:
>> "[Jongware]" wrote:
>>> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>
>> ... snip ...
>>>
>>>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
>>>
>>> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
>>> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
>>> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.
>>
>> And are immediately non-portable.
>
> Did you read the question? He asked how to replicate "file explorer"
> which is the Microsoft annoying, cutesy word for file manager. Unless
> you have some unrevealed secrets, file managers are, by their very
> nature, non-portable.

No, I virtually never use it. DIR just does better. No sign of
'explorer' in the quotes, either. That may be my fault. At any
rate, I was addressing the use of VB.

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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:41:16 -0400, CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>osmium wrote:
>> "CBFalconer" wrote:
>>> "[Jongware]" wrote:
>>>> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>
>>> ... snip ...
>>>>
>>>>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
>>>>
>>>> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
>>>> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
>>>> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.
>>>
>>> And are immediately non-portable.
>>
>> Did you read the question? He asked how to replicate "file explorer"
>> which is the Microsoft annoying, cutesy word for file manager. Unless
>> you have some unrevealed secrets, file managers are, by their very
>> nature, non-portable.
>
>No, I virtually never use it. DIR just does better. No sign of
>'explorer' in the quotes, either. That may be my fault. At any
>rate, I was addressing the use of VB.

Would this be a case of advice that is 100% correct and 0% relevant?

.... ..einschmi..

"osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "CBFalconer" wrote:
>
>> "[Jongware]" wrote:
>>>
>>> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>
>> ... snip ...
>>>
>>>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
>>>
>>> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
>>> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
>>> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.
>>
>> And are immediately non-portable.
>
> Did you read the question? He asked how to replicate "file explorer"
> which is the Microsoft annoying, cutesy word for file manager. Unless you
> have some unrevealed secrets, file managers are, by their very nature,
> non-portable.

No, the OP did not ask that. He said "an application similar to
MS file explorer." This can easily be interpreted as "write a program
for Unix that performs the same type of functionality that MS
File Explorer does under Windows."
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..mi..

"Fred Kleinschmidt" writes:

> "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:5daaheF32b60cU1@mid.individual.net...
>> "CBFalconer" wrote:
>>
>>> "[Jongware]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>
>>> ... snip ...
>>>>
>>>>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
>>>>
>>>> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
>>>> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
>>>> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.
>>>
>>> And are immediately non-portable.
>>
>> Did you read the question? He asked how to replicate "file explorer"
>> which is the Microsoft annoying, cutesy word for file manager. Unless you
>> have some unrevealed secrets, file managers are, by their very nature,
>> non-portable.
>
> No, the OP did not ask that. He said "an application similar to
> MS file explorer." This can easily be interpreted as "write a program
> for Unix that performs the same type of functionality that MS
> File Explorer does under Windows."

The point I was trying to make is that _all_ _file managers_ are, by their
nature, non-portable. It makes not one bit of difference whether the OP
meant a Windows file mgr or a Unix file mgr. Non-portable is non-portable.

..ongwar..

"osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Fred Kleinschmidt" writes:
>
> > "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:5daaheF32b60cU1@mid.individual.net...
> >> "CBFalconer" wrote:
> >>
> >>> "[Jongware]" wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>
> >>> ... snip ...
> >>>>
> >>>>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
> >>>>
> >>>> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
> >>>> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
> >>>> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.
> >>>
> >>> And are immediately non-portable.
> >>
> >> Did you read the question? He asked how to replicate "file explorer"
> >> which is the Microsoft annoying, cutesy word for file manager. Unless you
> >> have some unrevealed secrets, file managers are, by their very nature,
> >> non-portable.
> >
> > No, the OP did not ask that. He said "an application similar to
> > MS file explorer." This can easily be interpreted as "write a program
> > for Unix that performs the same type of functionality that MS
> > File Explorer does under Windows."
>
> The point I was trying to make is that _all_ _file managers_ are, by their
> nature, non-portable. It makes not one bit of difference whether the OP
> meant a Windows file mgr or a Unix file mgr. Non-portable is non-portable.

The morale seems to be (as always): State Your OS. Having said that, the default
answer to _that_ one is "oi, go to the comp.os group for your OS! This is about
_general_ programming!"
Aahhh... semantics ...
The OP didn't follow-up, so it seems you may make whatever point you wish.

[JW]

..Falcon..

Richard Harter wrote:
> CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> osmium wrote:
>>> "CBFalconer" wrote:
>>>> "[Jongware]" wrote:
>>>>> <GregNetwork@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>> ... snip ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> What languages would be used if one is to make it a commercial app?
>>>>>
>>>>> For me, C++, English, and a lot of swearing, although neither of
>>>>> these makes it a commercial app. Why would the language make a
>>>>> difference? Some commercial apps are written in VB.
>>>>
>>>> And are immediately non-portable.
>>>
>>> Did you read the question? He asked how to replicate "file explorer"
>>> which is the Microsoft annoying, cutesy word for file manager. Unless
>>> you have some unrevealed secrets, file managers are, by their very
>>> nature, non-portable.
>>
>> No, I virtually never use it. DIR just does better. No sign of
>> 'explorer' in the quotes, either. That may be my fault. At any
>> rate, I was addressing the use of VB.
>
> Would this be a case of advice that is 100% correct and 0% relevant?

Probably :-)

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