Hello,
I'm interested in this project. I worked with shell extensions before and implemented, for example, three shell extensions (a context menu, a property sheet/tab and an icon overlay extensions) for this project on Freelancer:
"c++ shell extension that talks to .NET WCF service"
https://www.freelancer.com/projects/C-Sharp-Programming-Software-Architecture/shell-extension-that-talks-NET/
(You can also find the employer's review for this project in my profile.)
I haven't looked at the library at the [login to view URL] yet and looked only briefly at the SFV formats. I'm going to reread the PDF-files and think through more carefully.
A few quick questions about the project.
- The PDF-files says that "The application is not allowed to have any external dependencies". Does this mean that using ATL is not allowed and everything COM-related, which ATL helps with, should be done manually?
- In case ATL is allowed, the PDF-files also mention that "VS2008Express" should be used. As far as I know, Express version of Visual Studio doesn't come with ATL, but it can be downloaded and installed separately. Would this be appropriate for the project?
- I use Skype only for text messaging (no voice/video). Would this be Ok for communication?
- Also do you have any strict deadline for this project? It's just, there will be holidays soon and I'm going to take several days off. So I've bid 20 days for now to account for the holidays and debugging/testing.
Best Regards,
Sergey.