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#125 [win32] User bookmark group win32 specific entries
Under Windows XP I have all my frequently used drives
mapped in the Network Neighborhood. I do not wanna map
them as regular drives, especially since I have to
specify the PWD every time I use it. So, the Network
Neighborhood is something I really use in on regular basis.
Any aims to have them supported by default in the next
future?
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This one is a little bit tricky. We are talking about a
Windows integration issue. This feature isn't implemented
and, additionally, one cannot get directly even to the
desktop or the "My Documents" folder.
Do you think that the contents of the Network Neighborhood
should go in a bookmark group? Should it also go to the
panel's tree like in Windows Explorer?
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HOW it is done I do not mind. I wanna have the preconfigured
Network-Neighborhood for usage. Also I do not wanna fumble
too much around.
Most preferablly solution: it should look like Total
Commander. i.e. in the Partitions a Icon4Network+'\' next to
the drives and clicking on it, the predefined
Network-Neighborhood should open in the Panel below.
More questions?
BTW: I'm little bit surprised about the 'Desktop' and the
'My Documents', cause there are more or less short-cuts to
the users, aren't they? (Not that I wanna have them, but I
do not use them anyhow.)
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I agree with you but integrating a win32 specific feature
that also requires native code is always more difficult than
deciding on a generic behavior. I would not like to rely on
hacks for new features integrate into the existing framework
(like in Total Commander where file system plugins'
functionality can be accessed only from the Network
Neighborhood).
While we sort out how to do this feature right there is an
alternative, though not that handy. You can use the
File/Open Location (Ctrl+L) command from the menu to display
the system's directory chooser dialog. There you have access
to the root of the Windows' logical directory tree (Desktop
as root and My Documents, My Computer, My Network Places as
children).
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I see. I've done a little search and found two possibilities:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/webnfs/index.html
http://jcifs.samba.org/
but, frankly said, don't know if the work anyhow.
Another Quick'nDirty trick I've see is something like
File f=new File("\Network Neighborhood")
but this does not seem to work - although didn't look toom
in detail.
Bottomline: I personally see it as 'showstopper' for
everybody who is using windows and a preset of
Network-Neighborhoods.
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The first link is for the NFS network protocol which is not
supported natively by Windows. What we're interested in is
the SMB protocol implemented in pure Java by JCIFS. The
Jakarta Commons VFS library which JCommander uses relies on
the services of the JCIFS library for accessing SMB shares
(regular Windows shares), so this is not a problem.
The problem with the current release of VFS is its inability
to browse the SMB network itself (a feature available in
JCIFS) but only contents of shares. So if you use the
"File/Open Location" menu option you can open shares from
"My Network Places", but only those for which do not require
authentication or for which you already authenticated.
It is also required to have the ability to see the user's
favourite network shares. It's good that you pointed out the
quick&dirty solution because I remembered that the
JFileChooser in Swing has the ability to browse "My Network
Places". However, JFileChooser is poorly architected (read
"hacked") so that no public API is available to read the
contents of "My Network Places". And instead of digging into
proprietary packages (com.sun.*) I would suggest to use JNI
to get the list directly from the operating system.
But I would see this implemented once VFS 1.1 will be out
and the SMB authentication callback mechanism is
incorporated. At that point this would become a fully
functional feature.
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Regarding your last comment, I would be interested in a
timeline.
Regarding the JFileChooser I made a simple Google Search and
found the following links:
http://www.kickjava.com/src/javax/swing/filechooser/FileSystemView.java.htm
http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t16016.html
I guess it's all what you wanna have:
So, the only think I don't know, is if you already using it.
But guessing from the feedback, I would say no. So, perhaps
that's another alternative???
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Only as a response from my last tests. Ctrl-L opens the
location, but
1) I cannot execute any kind of files from the
Network-paths. As well as the association of files does not
launch the app. An Error is displayed:
'Error finding programm associated for file:////...'
2) Adding a dir as a Quickdir does not work. Don't know why,
cause it worked with 0.7.0.
If you think it's worth to handle it outside of this Feature
Request => Please handle it the way you like.
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I renamed the feature request to better show its purpose.
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I have committed a change that extends the functionality of
the newly implemented feature request: [ 1477692 ] Provide
bookmark group with common user directories
What this change does is provide the following entries to
the "User" bookmark group:
- "My Documents" bookmark
- "Desktop" bookmark
- "My Network Places" bookmark group
It is important to note that "My Network Places" shows up
most probably only on Sun Java Runtimes. This is because I
use the sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder internal class of the JRE.
On other runtimes the bookmark group should not be visible
at all.
Please see the latest development build and let me know how
it works:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=35271&package_id=163932&release_id=413217
In order to see the changes please delete the
jcommander.jcmdbmk file from your home directory before
running the new development version.
Regarding bookmark group additions (like in QuickDirs), I
will look into this when finalizing the bookmark manager
implementation.
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Sorry, for little delay in testing.
The "My Network Places" does not show up and therefore I am
little bit confursed about the meanig of 'only on Sun Java
Runtimes' especially since the other entries are displayed
and work very well, i.e.
So, any idea why the Network Places do not shop up, while
the others do? The log is not very eloquent reg. this issue.
BTW: I have currently installed 1.5.06 JRE incl. SDK.
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I also apologize in the delay of the response :-(
Could you please try out the latest development build which
has better logging? Here you can find it:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=35271&package_id=163932
Log-File
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Looking in the Log-File I guess it has to do with where the
Home-Dir is set in Windows. And therefore it cannot find the
MyNetwork
BTW: The exception at the beginning of the start-file has
any kind of meaning?
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The exception might provide a clue. Could you please post it?
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? it is included in the post, just see below ?
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Sorry, but I don't see it...
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Search for 'jcommander.log' on this site, and you should
find it.
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Unfortunately the attached jcommander.log does not say much
about this. And I fail to see exceptions there.
File with Exception
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hm :( forgotten.