Registering Filetypes

[ExMember001]

Hi,
i've managed to get my program start playing when an audio file is double clicked in explorer...
but the icon is not retrieve from my program ressource.. (reboot just put icon to blank)

here is what i'm doing:
i've added an icon ressource as id 1

then i set the registry like that:

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        ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.mp1","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.mp2","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.mp3","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.ogg","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.flac","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.wma","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.aif","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.wav","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.cda","AmpKC");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\.m3u","AmpKC");

ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AmpKC","AmpKC File");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AmpKC\\DefaultIcon",Getstartpath()+"AmpKC.exe,1");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AmpKC\\Shell","");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AmpKC\\Shell\\open","");
ARegSetValue("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\AmpKC\\Shell\\open\\command",Getstartpath()+"AmpKC.exe %1");


anyhone know why my icon is not set to the files ?

[Steven Picard]

This is good.  Thanks for sharing!

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

the ,1 isn't the ID of the icon.   It means the '1st icon' in the resource directory of the executable.

For your default icon, the one that you want to show up as the executables icon when viewed with the explorer, use the ID of 101.

[ExMember001]

ok, i've set the id to 101 in my program, now the icon show in the caption without setting it manually, great thanx

if the icon at id 101 is the only ressource i added so far, using AmpKC,1 in registry should work?
but it doesnt...

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

Should.  But I haven't had much luck myself with Windows icons.  Half the time they work like they should, the other half of the time I have to reboot many times.

I would verify with RegEdit that everything looks normal.  One thing I do rememember is if the path has spaces in it then it has to be converted to a short filename or the icon won't be picked up.  Try ,0 as well. 

The entry for the Mozilla browser shows this for the defaulticon setting:

C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILLA.ORG\MOZILLA\MOZILLA.EXE,0

Which is the short filename since "program files" has a space in it.  You could also try surrounding it with quotes.

Paul.

[ExMember001]

interresting, thanx
i'll try the 0 and short filename.

[ExMember001]

using AmpKC,0 resolve it 
no reboot or shortfilename needed, thanx a lot 

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

Sometimes you hit the target with a shotgun easier than a rifle   In other words when all else fails try things at random.