JumpList in C# application (recent files)

Question

At the moment I am developing an application and want to add a Windows (7) JumpList. I followed several tutorials and studied documentation, but I can't figure out how to get the job done. In short: I want a recent list of last choosen files. So after closing the app, the user can easily open a recent file with my application. I already implemented some file association mechanism.

Is it possible to share some code/ tutorial how I can solve above problem?

Thank you in advance!

*I already tried the next few projects/ tutorials:

• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/103913/How-to-Create-a-Custom-Jumplist-with-Custom-Events
• http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/Windows-7-Jump-Lists
• http://csharp-tricks-en.blogspot.nl/2011/10/create-jumplist-using-c.html

*The code of Coding 4 Fun works, but I don't know how to develop a recent file list.

Answer 1

You can check out this article. Instead of showing result in WPF you need to show it in jumplist.

Why dont you try storing the recently opened file names in a database or an xml file and read it to set the jumplist.

For eg.

private void ReportUsage()

   {

       XmlDocument myXml = new XmlDocument();

       myXml.Load(historyXml);

       string list = historyXml;

       jumpList.ClearAllUserTasks();

       foreach (XmlElement el in myXml.DocumentElement.ChildNodes)

       {

           string s = el.GetAttribute("url");

           JumpListLink jll = new JumpListLink(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location, s);

           jll.IconReference = new IconReference(Path.Combine("C:\\Program Files\\ACS Digital Media\\TOC WPF Browser\\Icon1.ico"), 0);

           jll.Arguments = el.GetAttribute("url");

           jumpList.AddUserTasks(jll);

       }

       jumpList.Refresh();

   }

Or a beginners solution will be retain all the file paths into a Queue of given maximum capacity and adding them at run-time into a menuItem. Sorry I didnt have time to write the whole code.