How to get Full_Path_File_Name_Ext of file under cursor?

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ovg
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How to get Full_Path_File_Name_Ext of file under cursor?

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It is possible to get Full file name (drive:\Path\Filename.ext) of the file under cursor in search result window via IPC/DLL call?
Please advise me howto?
void
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Re: How to get Full_Path_File_Name_Ext of file under cursor?

Post by void »

Unfortunately, there's no call in the Everything IPC to do this.

The Result list in Everything is an emulated SysListView32.
You can send the result list a LVM_GETITEMTEXT message, however, you'll need to use VirtualAllocEx, ReadProcessMemory and WriteProcessMemory to allocate memory remotely.

Please see my testing source code for implementation:
http://www.voidtools.com/everything_listview_test.zip

Call LVM_HITTEST to get the index of the result under the mouse cursor.
Call LVM_GETITEMTEXT for the name and path part and combine the two for a full path and filename.
ovg
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Re: How to get Full_Path_File_Name_Ext of file under cursor?

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2void
Ok. Thank you so much for reply and example. I'll try.
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