Hello,
The best thing to do this, is to write a device driver not to use winfs.
The only way you could use WinFS is as a cache, from witch you would do
synchronization betwen WinFS and your device. All you have to do is to write
a WinFS Sync Adapter that will write new data to your device and update
WinFS with new device data.
Regards
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"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
CD73BDF7-7176-48F8-8FAA-5F3A3CD142D8@microsoft.com...
> I'd like to have a virtual folder for a special device to be integrated
> into
> explorer's filesystem view. The preferable way would be to have an
> individual
> drive. But it is also acceptable to have a virtual folder. The only
> requirement I have is that explorer should behave like for real filesystem
> folders (d.h. file types, context menu, columns, view, toolbar, etc). This
> means every application may access the contents on that device, using
> standard file I/O, as if it would be an ordinary filesystem entry.
>
> I started writing a NSE with C# that provides the files and folders stored
> on that
> device. But it turned out that the NSE has to do all the work itself. I
> found no way to just tell explorer that there's a folder and force it to
> do
> the entire stuff.
>
> I'm wondering if there isn't a much more easier way to do that, e.g. by
> implementing a special interface, or some thing like that, whithout the
> need
> to do all the work by my self.
>
> Than I heard from WinFX/WinFS and I'm asking if this technologies can be
> more helpful. But I don't know where to start from.
>
> Mike
>
>