Program open with a file

[Scriptor]

I have a problem. When I click on the file "Hello.test", when must open the program "Test.exe". How can I write this. The Program "Test.exe" must open all infos about "Hello.test"

[Shevilie]

Ehmm?? Can you try ro explain in other words, what you are trying to do ??

[TheCuz]

I have a problem. When I click on the file "Hello.test", when must open the program "Test.exe". How can I write this. The Program "Test.exe" must open all infos about "Hello.test"

Are you asking how to associate a file with a .test extension with your test.exe program?

[Scriptor]

OK. The name of my programm is test.exe. The file for the program is hello.test. in the file hello.test you can find a sentence like this "Hello this is may test-program". Then I click on the file hello.test when start the program test.exe. When the program is active when the programm have to do read the sentence in the file hello.test and show it in a MsgBox

[someone]

Lets see if I understand fully what you want... you want to open a text file when it has a different extension?

See if this is what you want... make a txt file, open it and put a some text in it, then rename it to test.hello and place in the same spot as your script(!important!)

$file = FileOpen("test.hello", 0)

; Check if file opened for reading OK
If $file = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.")
    Exit
EndIf

$var = FileRead($file)
MsgBox(0, "Read...", $var)


FileClose($file)

If I am correct the extension of a file is there only to say how it should open. A text file is a text file with or without a .txt extension.

Let us know if thats what you wanted.

Edited February 1, 2007 by someone

[Scriptor]

@someone: That isn't what I search.

OK. You have a file. The filename is "Test.doc". When you click on this file, then start Word. And Word load the index of the file. I will programming this, too. When you click on the file "Hello.test", then start my programm "Test.exe". And this program must load the index of the file "Hello.test".

[xcal]

You want file association?

;Mhz

; _FiletypeAssociation('.test', 'test', 'notepad "%1"', 'test description')

Func _FiletypeAssociation($extension, $type, $program, $description = '')
    ; e.g. _FiletypeAssociation('.pdf', 'FoxitReader.Document', '"%ProgramFiles%\FoxitReader.exe" "%1"')
    $exitcode = RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c ftype ' & $type & '=' & $program & _
             ' && assoc ' & $extension & '=' & $type, '', @SW_HIDE)
    If $description And Not $exitcode Then
        Return RegWrite('HKCR' & $type, '', 'Reg_sz', $description)
    EndIf
    Return Not $exitcode
EndFunc