Professional IronPython

LISTINg 9-3: 
 Working with Shell objects
# We only need the System assembly for this example.
from System import Activator, Type 
# Import the time module to help with a pause.
import time
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Performing Late Binding Using Activator.CreateInstance()
 
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# Constants used for Shell settings.
from ShellSettings import *
# Create the Shell object.
ShObj = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID(‘Shell.Application’))
# Toggle the Desktop. 
raw_input(‘Press Enter to show and then hide the Desktop’)
ShObj.ToggleDesktop() 
time.sleep(2)
ShObj.ToggleDesktop()
# Show some of the settings. 
print ‘\nThe user wants to show file extensions:’, 
print ShObj.GetSetting(SSF_SHOWEXTENSIONS) 
print ‘The user wants to see system files:’, 
print ShObj.GetSetting(SSF_SHOWSYSFILES) 
print ‘The user also wants to see operating system files:’,
print ShObj.GetSetting(SSF_SHOWSUPERHIDDEN)
# Check Explorer policies. 
print ‘\nThe NoDriveTypeAutoRun policies are:’
# Obtain the bit values. These values are: 
# 0 Unknown drives 
# 1 No root directory 
# 2 Removable drives (Floppy, ZIP) 
# 3 Hard disk drives 
# 4 Network drives 
# 5 CD-ROM drives 
# 6 RAM disk drives 
# 7 Reserved 
MyBits = ShObj.ExplorerPolicy(‘NoDriveTypeAutoRun’)
# Display the results. 
if MyBits.__and__(0x01) == 0x01:
print(‘\tAutorun Disabled for Unknown Drives’)
else:
print(‘\tAutorun Enabled for Unknown Drives’)
if MyBits.__and__(0x02) == 0x02:
print(‘\tAutorun Disabled for No Root Directory’)
else:
print(‘\tAutorun Enabled for No Root Drives’)
if MyBits.__and__(0x04) == 0x04:
print(‘\tAutorun Disabled for Removable (Floppy/ZIP) Drives’)
else:
print(‘\tAutorun Enabled for Removable (Floppy/ZIP) Drives’)
if MyBits.__and__(0x08) == 0x08:
print(‘\tAutorun Disabled for Hard Disk Drives’)
else:
print(‘\tAutorun Enabled for Hard Disk Drives’)
if MyBits.__and__(0x10) == 0x10:
print(‘\tAutorun Disabled for Network Drives’)
else:
print(‘\tAutorun Enabled for Network Drives’)
continues
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