Right click -> Edit with autoit script

[will88]

is it possible to be able to right click on a .html file and have it set so you can edit it with an autoit script?

Example:

under "Edit with notepad++" or in replace of have an option to edit with an autoit script that I made to write in?

Thanks

[Richard Robertson]

In short, yes. Search for file associations.

[will88]

In short, yes. Search for file associations.

thanks, i am able to right click on an .html file -> Edit and it will open the autoit script however still have the problem of detecting what file was right clicked on - any ideas?

[Richard Robertson]

That is passed by command line.

[martin]

thanks, i am able to right click on an .html file -> Edit and it will open the autoit script however still have the problem of detecting what file was right clicked on - any ideas?

If as well as associating HTML with SciTE you add a new context menu item you could run a little exe which will get the file name as a parameter. The exe can do whatever with the filename and Shellexecute($CmdLine[1]) to edit it with SciTE.

This script would add a new context menu item called "Edit with SciTE" but actually would run myprog.exe passing it the filename as a parameter.

$KeyName = "AddForHtml"
$ContextMenuName = "Edit with SciTE"
$ProgramToRun = @SystemDir & "\myprog.exe";or whatever
RegWrite("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\" & $KeyName & "\command", '', 'REG_SZ', '"' & $ProgramToRun & '" "%1"')
RegWrite("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\" & $KeyName, '', 'REG_SZ', $ContextMenuName)
MsgBox(0, "Done", $ProgramToRun & " option has been added to the file context menu")

and the myprog.exe would be compiled from a script like this

if $CmdLine[0] > 0 then
;maybe check that extension is HTML
;Do something with $CmdLine[1]
 ShellExecute($CmdLine[1])
endif

[will88]

If as well as associating HTML with SciTE you add a new context menu item you could run a little exe which will get the file name as a parameter. The exe can do whatever with the filename and Shellexecute($CmdLine[1]) to edit it with SciTE.

This script would add a new context menu item called "Edit with SciTE" but actually would run myprog.exe passing it the filename as a parameter.

$KeyName = "AddForHtml"
$ContextMenuName = "Edit with SciTE"
$ProgramToRun = @SystemDir & "\myprog.exe";or whatever
RegWrite("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\" & $KeyName & "\command", '', 'REG_SZ', '"' & $ProgramToRun & '" "%1"')
RegWrite("HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\" & $KeyName, '', 'REG_SZ', $ContextMenuName)
MsgBox(0, "Done", $ProgramToRun & " option has been added to the file context menu")

and the myprog.exe would be compiled from a script like this

if $CmdLine[0] > 0 then
;maybe check that extension is HTML
;Do something with $CmdLine[1]
 ShellExecute($CmdLine[1])
endif

Thanks!