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Old May 1st, 2008, 05:31 AM
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File association code

I finally got my own file association code sorted out and it works with every type I have tried so far.

However, I wouldn't mind someone else taking a glance at it to see if they can spot any obvious problems that I haven't.

It is designed to work with my media player, Hypercube and the param can be any file ext such as avi, mpg, mp3 etc.

RegisterFileType('avi');

procedure RegisterFileType(EN:String);
var
reg:TRegistry;

begin
EN:=UpperCase(EN);

reg := TRegistry.Create;
try
reg.RootKey:=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;

reg.OpenKey('HyperCube.'+EN,True);
reg.WriteString('','HyperCube Media File');
reg.CloseKey;

reg.OpenKey('HyperCube.'+EN+'\DefaultIcon',True);
reg.WriteString('',ParamStr(0)+',0');
reg.CloseKey;

reg.OpenKey('HyperCube.'+EN+'\Shell',True);
reg.WriteString('','Open');
reg.CloseKey;

reg.OpenKey('HyperCube.'+EN+'\Shell\Open',True);
reg.WriteString('','');
reg.CloseKey;

reg.OpenKey('HyperCube.'+EN+'\Shell\Open\command',True);
reg.WriteString('','"'+ParamStr(0)+'" "%1"');
reg.CloseKey;

reg.OpenKey('.'+LowerCase(EN),True);
reg.WriteString('','HyperCube.'+EN);

reg.CloseKey;

reg.RootKey:=HKEY_CURRENT_USER;

reg.OpenKey('Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.'+LowerCase(EN),True);
reg.WriteString('Progid','HyperCube.'+EN);
reg.CloseKey;

SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, SHCNF_IDLIST, nil, nil) ;
finally
reg.Free;
end;
end;

Question is, is it safe to be let loose on other peoples computers?

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Old May 5th, 2008, 12:39 PM
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Is there no-one on these boards who can help me out here?

Surely not!

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