Features:

• Data source is specially-formatted XML files.
• The common Windows Forms TreeView and ListView controls are updated accordingly to be able to load and interpret data from the aforementioned XML files.
• Indexed file and folder attributes are:
• File Name
• File Length
• Date Created
• Date Modified
• Date Last Accessed
• File Attributes
• Object Owner (for NTFS objects)
• Each File and Folder element inside the XML document has a unique identifier (a Guid) that is used to either:
• Invoke the children nodes of a folder, when selected; or
• Execute an application or other file when double-clicked in the ListView.
• Search feature.
• Loads a directory listing from the actual File System without having to index it.
• Support for nested Virtual File Systems: if an Index.XML file is found in a File System listing, an appropriate “VFS” node is appended.
• Support for loading multiple Virtual or actual File Systems in a single Tree View Xml control.
• Support for appending to an existing XML index file.
• Appropriate file type icons are loaded for ListViewItem objects.

Involved technologies:

• Windows Forms
• XML (Managed Code)
• Win32 API
• Security: GetNamedSecurityInfo, LookupAccountSid, ConvertSidToStringSid
• Window Messages: SendMessage
• Shell: SHGetFileInfo

Written in C# .NET.