running a script as an "open with" program

[cellulit]

hi all;

for the 1st time i'm trying to trigger a script (or .exe) with an argument of a selected file. an example: select one in explorer, r-click and then "open with... myscript.exe" or "send to... myscript.exe". this is just to process the selected file using a script.

so far i've been launching the script separately and i have no idea if what i'm planning to do is feasible. i've tried using $CmdLine, but with no luck. Anyone who could give me a hint?

thanks!

cell

[monoceres]

Hi and welcome to the forums

You were on the right track there.

This sample shows how to use $CmdLine

If $CmdLine[0]>0 Then
    MsgBox(0,"File parameter",$CmdLine[1])
; Do processing here =)
EndIf

Edited August 23, 2008 by monoceres

[martin]

hi all;

for the 1st time i'm trying to trigger a script (or .exe) with an argument of a selected file. an example: select one in explorer, r-click and then "open with... myscript.exe" or "send to... myscript.exe". this is just to process the selected file using a script.

so far i've been launching the script separately and i have no idea if what i'm planning to do is feasible. i've tried using $CmdLine, but with no luck. Anyone who could give me a hint?

thanks!

cell

If you want to be able to right click on a file in explorer and have a menu item which lets you run your own compiled script you can do it like this.

$KeyName = "celluitExtra";whatever you want the keyname to be. (it has no effect on the operation but must not already exist)
$ContextMenuName = "Run My Special Program";set the menu item name here
$ProgramToRun = @SystemDir & "\mspaint.exe";put your porogram name here
RegWrite("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\" & $KeyName & "\command", '', 'REG_SZ', '"' & $ProgramToRun & '" "%1"');'"' & @ScriptFullPath & '" "%1"')
RegWrite("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\" & $KeyName, '', 'REG_SZ', $ContextMenuName)
MsgBox(0, "Done", $ContextMenuName & " has been added to explorer's context menu")

Then the parameter passed to your exe will be the full path to the file, and it can be read as monoceres showed you.

[cellulit]

Thanks everybody for your help! Much appreciated!

I'll give it a try and see what happens...

Thanks!!!