How to add recently open documents to the OpenRecent menu items in WPF

Question

I had develop an Wpf application which open an .doc file and doing some operations. Now I want to add open recent feature in menu items which shows the list of recently opened document. Now there is a wpf class called jump list but I do not understand how to use the jump list in my application.

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Jump Lists are available from the task bar. This is what you need ? – Strikebreaker

yes...How do I use the Jump Lists. – Selfinsurance

Answer 1

You can use the ShowRecentCategory property of the JumpList. When you start the app create the jump list:

JumpList jumpList = new JumpList();
jumpList.ShowRecentCategory = true;
JumpList.SetJumpList(Application.Current, jumpList);

Then when you want to add a document to the recent list use the AddToRecentCategory method:

JumpList.AddToRecentCategory(/*item path*/);

Important to rememer: "If your application is not registered to handle the file type of the item, it will not appear in the Recent list and calls to AddToRecentCategory(String) will fail silently."

Cofsky