Recently used files—Command, MultiItem, and ComboBox
MultiItemRecentFiles.vb
' Copyright 2012 ESRI
' 
' All rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States
' and applicable international laws, treaties, and conventions.
' 
' You may freely redistribute and use this sample code, with or
' without modification, provided you include the original copyright
' notice and use restrictions.
' 
' See the use restrictions.
' 

Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.SystemUI
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework
Imports ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem

<ComClass(MultiItemRecentFiles.ClassId, MultiItemRecentFiles.InterfaceId, MultiItemRecentFiles.EventsId), _
 ProgId("RecentFilesCommandsVB.MultiItemRecentFiles")> _
Public Class MultiItemRecentFiles
    Implements IMultiItem
#Region "COM Registration Function(s)"
    <ComRegisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
    Public Shared Sub RegisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
        ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support
        ArcGISCategoryRegistration(registerType)

        'Add any COM registration code after the ArcGISCategoryRegistration() call

    End Sub

    <ComUnregisterFunction(), ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
    Public Shared Sub UnregisterFunction(ByVal registerType As Type)
        ' Required for ArcGIS Component Category Registrar support
        ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(registerType)

        'Add any COM unregistration code after the ArcGISCategoryUnregistration() call

    End Sub

#Region "ArcGIS Component Category Registrar generated code"
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category registration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryRegistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        GMxCommands.Register(regKey)
        MxCommands.Register(regKey)
        SxCommands.Register(regKey)

    End Sub
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Required method for ArcGIS Component Category unregistration -
    ''' Do not modify the contents of this method with the code editor.
    ''' </summary>
    Private Shared Sub ArcGISCategoryUnregistration(ByVal registerType As Type)
        Dim regKey As String = String.Format("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{{{0}}}", registerType.GUID)
        GMxCommands.Unregister(regKey)
        MxCommands.Unregister(regKey)
        SxCommands.Unregister(regKey)

    End Sub

#End Region
#End Region

#Region "COM GUIDs"
    ' These  GUIDs provide the COM identity for this class 
    ' and its COM interfaces. If you change them, existing 
    ' clients will no longer be able to access the class.
    Public Const ClassId As String = "927b25f4-f24c-471c-a2cd-777c2c371d34"
    Public Const InterfaceId As String = "f4ab3750-49db-46be-aaa6-ffdd9fd8a7ac"
    Public Const EventsId As String = "00f31cd2-b7d7-4014-8145-801a2f49ac65"
#End Region

    Private m_application As Iapplication
    Private m_filePaths As String()

    ' A creatable COM class must have a Public Sub New() 
    ' with no parameters, otherwise, the class will not be 
    ' registered in the COM registry and cannot be created 
    ' via CreateObject.
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
    End Sub

    Public ReadOnly Property Caption() As String Implements IMultiItem.Caption
        Get
            Return "Recent Files Example (VB.Net)"
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property HelpContextID() As Integer Implements IMultiItem.HelpContextID
        Get
            Return 0
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property HelpFile() As String Implements IMultiItem.HelpFile
        Get
            Return String.Empty
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property ItemBitmap(ByVal index As Integer) As Integer Implements IMultiItem.ItemBitmap
        Get
            Return 0
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property ItemCaption(ByVal index As Integer) As String Implements IMultiItem.ItemCaption
        Get
            'Caption of item is "#. <File path>"
            Return String.Format("&{0}. {1}", index + 1, m_filePaths(index))
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property ItemChecked(ByVal index As Integer) As Boolean Implements IMultiItem.ItemChecked
        Get
            Return False
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property ItemEnabled(ByVal index As Integer) As Boolean Implements IMultiItem.ItemEnabled
        Get
            'check if file exists
            Return System.IO.File.Exists(m_filePaths(index))
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Message() As String Implements IMultiItem.Message
        Get
            Return String.Empty
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property Name() As String Implements IMultiItem.Name
        Get
            Return "VBNETSamples_RecentFilesMultiItem"
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Sub OnItemClick(ByVal index As Integer) Implements IMultiItem.OnItemClick
        m_application.OpenDocument(m_filePaths(index))
    End Sub

    Public Function OnPopup(ByVal hook As Object) As Integer Implements IMultiItem.OnPopup
        'The incoming hook is the application, determine the number of
        'items by getting the recent files from the registry
        m_application = CType(hook, IApplication)
        m_filePaths = RecentFilesRegistryHelper.GetRecentFiles(m_application)
        Return m_filePaths.Length
    End Function
End Class