Re: CVS field display in Vista folders in WindowsExplorer

Arthur,
In regards to #1 and #2, is there a means to enable this ability?  We're running TortoiseCVS 1.10 and 1.12 RC on WinXP and Win7 machines and have not seen this capability.  All we can get the status bar and hint box to show are the usual file info, such as type, date modified, size.

Thanks,
Jim.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Barrett" <arthur.barrett-qn/[email protected]>
To: "Gary Lon Brown" <gbrown2-Vl8Nmh0JAcRWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>, tortoisecvs-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:50:40 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [TortoiseCVS] CVS field display in Vista folders in WindowsExplorer

Gary,

> TortoiseCVS developers: Our December hallmark.com traffic 
> showed 25% of
> users were Vista with 55.4% XP  and 4% Windows 7. I expect Vista and
> Windows 7 to continue to climb. If possible, please figure 
> out something to
> provide similar functionality. Otherwise, I would fear 
> gradually losing user base.

Here are some suggestions:

1 - if you enable the explorer status bar then the revision number (from
which you can determine if it is HEAD or branch) already appears there
when you click on / select a file

2- the revision number also appears in the hint box if your mouse hovers
over a file

3 - Use the source code you've been given to enhance the columnprovider
feature, eg:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.platformsdk.shell/browse
_thread/thread/e79555b9910c5f68

4 - Use the source code you've been given to enhance TortoiseCVS in some
other way, eg: if the primary reason why you want the column is to
determine if the sandbox is a branch or HEAD then here are some other
suggestions:
* icon overlays for the sandbox folders - with a tree for a branch
* alter the status so it shows the branch
* alter the hint box so it shows the branch

5 - Contribute financially to TortoiseCVS or CVSNT so someone else who
has the skills can add some features.

Regards,


Arthur Barrett

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