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[ Associate filetypes to your program ]
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6/15/2004 2:16:02 PM |
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D. Rijmenants
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VB 5.0, VB 6.0 |
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This module lets you create or delete with only a simple function filetype associations in the registry. Usefull to use your own filetypes, with theire own icon and description in your vb-project. Once you have your own filetype, this is recognized in the explorer and when you click this file, your associated program is started and the filename is passed trough to the command function in your program. The module contains lots of comments about the function and how to use the Command function. All comments, questions and suggestions are most welcome :-) ...
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 6/16/2004 11:19:15 PM: Paul Turcksin
This is great stuff. Simple, very well documented and usefull.
Suggestion : make Sub MakeFileAssociation a Function that checks if extension exists and returns True/False.
5 planets from me.
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6/17/2004 12:55:05 PM: D. Rijmenants
Hi Paul, your comment about a function got me braining. I decided to make a separate Check-function. When you put it into MakeFileAssociation it would not only check, but also make it. By using a seperate function it only checks.I updated the zip added some more comments about the Command function. Tks for coop :-)
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6/29/2004 10:57:33 PM: Munkee
what if you don't a new instance of your app to load every time the file is opened, what if you want the info to go to an already running instance? how do you do that?
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6/30/2004 5:29:01 AM:
Good Job, Congratulations!!!
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7/11/2004 3:28:31 AM: Rde
To Munkee - check for App.PrevInstance in Sub Main or Form_Load, if True themn pass Command to running app, then End new app.
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12/4/2004 7:28:12 PM: codingmasters
Good code. keep up the good work
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12/4/2004 7:45:28 PM: codingmasters
it's all well and fine setting the association, but once the file is open, how do we handle it?
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1/16/2005 2:03:50 PM: Caeser
"To Munkee - check for App.PrevInstance
in Sub Main or Form_Load, if True themn
pass Command to running app, then End
new app." Are there any good examples of this? I've only found a subclassing example which is very invovled and somewhat messy. is there any easier ways to handle this problem? plz email peter_daley_oz@n0Spam.yahoo.com.au
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1/23/2005 12:09:52 PM: James Miller
Thank you for your submission. It's been most useful!
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4/19/2005 7:51:02 AM: Alpha
very nice - thank you!
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2/16/2006 5:28:23 PM: Florin
If I want to open more then one file in my app without closing the previous intance, HOW CAN I DO IT ?
Let's say: Every time I want to open my files "file-1.abc" (form1.Caption =Command to be updated)
I thing the only way is to close the previous App.exe and open a new App.exe
Am I right?
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8/14/2006 9:01:50 AM: ©¥Åñ!ð
Great Submission. Very Nice coded like all your apps. I' ve got one question. How can i set the icon of a file from e ressource-file within my exe?
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10/21/2006 11:42:41 AM: shehu suleiman
very great source code
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12/20/2006 8:10:14 AM: FERI
Sorry i can't write english very well
but i think this program is good
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3/3/2007 1:52:39 PM: John R Parrish
I think i found a bug in Sub MakeFileAssociation
Shouldn't 'If Left(PathToApplication, 1) <> "\"'
be 'If Right(PathToApplication, 1) <> "\"' ?
Also, how do you set two or more file extensions to be opened by your app?
I've tried it and both file types are now associated, but they both get set to the same icon and file description.
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3/25/2009 10:22:23 PM: Mikael
Excellent !! And with lot of info - Great !!
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