AutoIT - Associate a file extension to an AutoIT program

[Renderer]

Hello everyone! I'm currently working on a small program and I got stuck on a problem. I need to know how to associate a file extension to an AutoIT Program. I've also tried this:

RegWrite("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\",".extension","REG_SZ","E:\Program.exe")

, but it does not work. I assume, I need first to register the program into the Registry, before i could associate it to a file extension. Has someone any idea about how can I do this in a right way? 

Thanks in advance!

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@Renderer

Take a look at assoc command

[Renderer]

8 hours ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

@Renderer

Take a look at assoc command

I have created a small application in AutoIT and i want to assosciate it to a file extension. I have compiled it and put it in E:\Program.exe

Then I tried manually to create a file association in the Registry Editor like bellow:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppName.file.ext\DefautIcon 
DefaultIcon = E:\Icon.ico
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppName.file.ext\Shell\Open\Command
Command = E:\Program.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ext\(Standard)

(Standard) = AppName.file.ext 

And It does not work. 

 

 

 

[Earthshine]

Uoh  Let’s think.  Hmmm I’ll get back to this when at a pc

Have you at least tried logging off and back on to see if it loads it in the registry?

Edited January 19, 2019 by Earthshine

[BrewManNH]

@Renderer Did you even look at the link provided to you about the assoc command in Windows? It works much easier than trying to manipulate the registry, as its intended function is to do it for you.

[Nine]

Can you tell us what is the exact extension you want to link to your program.exe !

[Renderer]

I have done it. I have managed to create a new extension and to associate it to my AutoIT program. Now I have to make the program recognize when the file is open and eventually get some data from the file and display it into a GUI. To be more specific, let's think about Notepad. It has the "txt" file associated to it. When you open a "txt" file, the data is being displayed in the Notepad app. The same I want to do with my program. At this moment I could create a file extension and associate it to the program I want, but I do not know how to make them fully work together. I hope I brought you a good understanding upon what I mean.

Edited January 19, 2019 by Renderer

[FrancescoDiMuro]

13 minutes ago, Renderer said:

I hope I brought you a good understanding upon what I want I mean.

Just create a GUI, a menu through which the user can select a file (filtering your custom extension), open it, read it, and pass the content of the file to a Edit/Rich Edit control in your GUI

Edited January 19, 2019 by FrancescoDiMuro

[Nine]

I find it very intriguing why you always evade on not revealing the extension !

[Renderer]

 

On 19.1.2019 at 11:42 PM, Nine said:

I find it very intriguing why you always evade on not revealing the extension !

I work on a text editor. I have created a new file extension (.text) in the Registry and associated it to my program.exe. All I want to do is to create a link between the program.exe and the extension (.text) so that the when I open a file.text, it could be fully operated through program.exe. Think about Notepad. You do not need to go to File > Open in order to open a file, you just click the file you want in order to open it and read it. The same I wanted to make for my program. I would be something like: 

click file.text < open through> [program.exe] -> dispaly Content of file.text . In short, the program.exe must be capable to get the content of a file associated to it. 

[Nine]

Ok, if you want to create a new ext, then you will have to add a new key (like .text),  associate it with a default generic definition then create the new generic definition and associate it the commands you allow it.

Edit : Look at .au3 setup, it is clearly similar

Edited January 24, 2019 by Nine

[Renderer]

44 minutes ago, Nine said:

Ok, if you want to create a new ext, then you will have to add a new key (like .text),  associate it with a default generic definition then create the new generic definition and associate it the commands you allow it.

Edit : Look at .au3 setup, it is clearly similar

At this moment it looks like that:

Registry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TextEditor.text\DefaultIcon\Standard (REG_SZ) : E:\Icon.ico

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TextEditor.text\Shell\ Standard (REG_SZ) : Open

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TextEditor.text\Shell\Open\Command\ Standard (REG_SZ) : "E:\TextEditor.exe" --started-from-file "%1"

TextEditor.exe > code:

global $GUI = GUICreate("Text Editor",550,450)
global $GUI_Edit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("",0,0,550,450)
GUISetState()

while True
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case -3
        ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd

When I create a file (ex: Sample.text) the TextEditor.exe is opened but it displays "Text Editor" as title and no data into Edit. I guess the main problem is the TextEditor.exe . I need to code it, so that, when I open Sample.text it shows me "Sample.text" as title and the Text inside the Edit.