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[webdaddy]

I have an application that decrypts files but I dont want to display a dialog. What I want to do is associate the exe (VDS application) in the registry and call the program to unencrypt a file when it is double clicked in Windows. Its probably easy to do but I have not a clue where to start. Do you just pass the filename that is clicked to the VDS script somehow? Sorry new to VDS and learning quickly but used to me perl roots.

Webdaddy

[PGWARE]

Below is an example of how to setup a file association:



REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, .ext, , File Description
REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, File Description, ,File Description
REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, File Description\DefaultIcon, , "c:\file.exe, 0"
REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, File Description\shell\open\command, , @chr(34)"c:\file.exe"@chr(34) @chr(34)%1@chr(34)



The .ext should be renamed to an extension unique to your program.

The File Description should be unique to your program. Also note c:\file.exe is the actual path and filename to your program; rename that according to your program.


When your program is executed by double clicking on a file with the same .ext extension, the file that is double clicked is passed to your vds exe as the %1 variable. You then can open the file in a listbox to view its data by using the LIST LOADFILE,1,%1

[webdaddy]

Thank you. You just made my day. I was wondering how the heck to do that. Now my utilities are working correctly. I owe you one.

[webdaddy]

I tried the following:

TITLE Single File Decrytion
DIALOG CREATE,Single File Decryption,-1,0,350,50
DIALOG ADD, TEXT,TEXT1,10,10,,,Decryption Module
DIALOG SHOW
WAIT 1
list create,1
LIST LOADFILE,1,%1
LIST SEEK,1,1
info @item(1)
list close,1
wait 30
%F = @filedlg(*.*)
if @null(%F)
goto Close
END
info %F

If you see I have a registry setting as follows:

REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, .3des, , Scribecorp
REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, Scribecorp, ,Scribecorp
REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, Scribecorp\DefaultIcon, , "c:\Transcript2\single.exe, 0"
REGISTRY WRITE, HCR, Scribecorp\shell\open\command, , @chr(34)"c:\Transcript2\single.exe"@chr(34) @chr(34)%1@chr(34)

Now in the first script im not able to read the %1 which is the 3des file that I double clicked on. Does anybody know what im doing wrong.

Before I did a registry merge of the settings a different way and it didnt work when I tried to use %1 as the file location in my script.

Im at a loss.

[Hooligan]

Hi webdaddy,

I'm not sure of the structure of the file that you're trying to open, but if it does not contain any carriage returns thanyou may not see anything... You load the text of the file into list "1", seek to the second line, then view it...
LIST LOADFILE,1,%1
LIST SEEK,1,1
info @item(1)

Try seeking to line 0... (list seek,1,0)

Hooligan

[Serge]

i don't understand either what you are trying to do - are you trying to create a REG file?

serge

[webdaddy]

Yes im trying to associate a file extension to a particular executable that will process the file when it it clicked on.

[Hooligan]

What is the script you posted supposed to be doing?

Hooligan

[webdaddy]

I basically have a VDS script that I wrote that needs to work as follows.
When a file with a certain extension is double clicked in the Windows explorer it should launch my VDS program and pass the location of the file clicked to the application so that it can be processed by my program. So far I have been unable to get it to work. I see that you have to do an association in the registry and its supposed to pass the file location as %1 but I have not been able (YET) to get it to work. I am persistant and will figure it out one way or another.

[webdaddy]

OK tried it both ways. I had this working at one point but cannot get it to work. Here is what I have tried.

35 list create,1
36 LIST LOADFILE,1,%1
37 LIST SEEK,1,0
38 info @item(1)

also tried

35 list create,1
36 LIST LOADFILE,1,%1
37 LIST SEEK,1,1
38 info @item(1)

If you see I let the line numbers in and Im getting a runtime error at line 36 where it is trying to read the %1 variable. If I put it in manually at say line 34 such as %1 = C:\path\to\file.3des it works.

In the windows explorer it is showing up with the correct icons but it does not seem to be passing the file location as %1.

[webdaddy]

Application that sets the registry entries.

[Hooligan]

Try runing this once:

[Serge]

just guessing here...

1. your extension has 4 characters instead of the usual 3, is that a problem?

2. have you tried @shortname(%1)?

serge

[webdaddy]

Im gonna try both of those now and see what happens. It could be either one of those issues preventing it from working correctly.

[Hooligan]

Webdaddy,

It just dawned on me what your original problem likely was...
Pgware's suggestion had one minor flaw... In the following line: