How do I make file types associated with my app?

10 May 2005 8:46 PM

Macsicarr

Hi All

Just a quickie. If I want certain bespoke file types (ie accompanying
files) to show my app's icon or a derivative of it, do I do this in the VB
app or is this done through my installer?

I was going to use the Inno Setup one. Do you if this can do this?

Thanks

Ma

11 May 2005 1:37 AM

Randy Birch

You set the file association in code - here's the basics of this -
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/reg/association.htm. Adding an icon reference is
just a matter of one more call to CreateNewKey create a "DefaultIcon" key
and one more call to SetKeyValue where you assign the "(default)" parameter
(accessed by passing vbNullString as the key name. Here you point to your
exe and the ordinal number of the icon in the file that Windows should use,
eg "c:\program files\myapp.exe, 1". Poke through the registry under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and take a look at how popular apps have their files
registered and the icon specified.

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Randy Birch
MS MVP Visual Basic
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: Just a quickie. If I want certain bespoke file types (ie accompanying
: files) to show my app's icon or a derivative of it, do I do this in the VB
: app or is this done through my installer?
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: I was going to use the Inno Setup one. Do you if this can do this?
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: Thanks
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: Ma
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