ludocus Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 How do I make a new file extension.. For instance, I am building a new text editor: Easy Editor. I wan't the program to be able to make sort of documents .ee and if you open example.ee it runs Easy Editor.exe with the text from example.ee and the title.. like my program title will say: example.ee - Easy Editor is there a way to do this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludocus Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 Please? I really need help.. If you don't understand what I mean then tell me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monoceres Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 File associations are saved in the registry. So all you have to do is use RegWrite to set it up.Please see this for info where to write Broken link? PM me and I'll send you the file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludocus Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 THANK YOU SO ****** MUCH!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludocus Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 HELP!, I still can't seem to make it work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 what doesn't work? MailSpons: Fake SMTP server for safe email testing Dutch postcode & address API. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludocus Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 well the site tolld me to make some new keys: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ee contains: 'easy_editor_file' HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\easy_editor_file\shell\Open\command containts: 'somedir\program.exe' But it doesn't work... I also found out how to change the icon: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\easy_editor_file\DefaultIcon contains: 'iconpath\icon.ico' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludocus Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 I forgot to compile, It does work now!! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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