Private Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, lpData As Any, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
'Purpose : Creates a file association for a give file extension.
'Inputs : sAppExtension The file extension to associate.
' sApplicationPath The name of the file to open the specified files with.
' sDescription The description of the file type eg. "Excel Workbook".
' sIconPath The path to the file where the icon is stored.
' [sIconIndex] The index of the icon within the path. If not specified
' uses the first icon.
'Outputs : Returns True on success
'Author : Andrew Baker
'Date : 30/01/2001 11:29
'Notes : If updating an existing value, you may need to restart the computer before the
' changes take effect.
' Example usage:
' bResult = FileAssociationCreate(".txt", "notepad.exe", "A Notepad File")
'Revisions :
Public Function FileAssociationCreate(sAppExtension As String, sApplicationPath As String, sDescription As String, Optional ByVal sIconPath As String, Optional sIconIndex As String = ",1") As Boolean
Dim bResult As Boolean, sKeyName As String
Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
If Len(sIconPath) = 0 Then
'Use the application file for the icon
sIconPath = sApplicationPath
End If
'Write associations into registry
sKeyName = Right$(sAppExtension, 3) & "file"
bResult = zRegistryCreateKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, sAppExtension, sKeyName)
bResult = bResult And zRegistryCreateKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, sKeyName & "\DefaultIcon", sIconPath & sIconIndex)
bResult = bResult And zRegistryCreateKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, sKeyName, sDescription)
bResult = bResult And zRegistryCreateKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, sKeyName & "\shell\open\command", sApplicationPath & " %1")
FileAssociationCreate = bResult
End Function
'Purpose : Creates a key or sets an existing keys value in the registry
'Inputs : lRootKey A constant specifying which part of the registry to
' write to, eg. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
' sRegPath The path to write the value of the key to.
' sValue The value of the key.
'Outputs :
'Author : Andrew Baker
'Date : 30/01/2001 11:53
'Notes : Used by FileAssociationCreate
'Revisions :
Private Function zRegistryCreateKey(lRootKey As Long, sRegPath As String, sValue As String) As Boolean
Dim lhwnKey As Long
Dim lRetVal As Long
Const REG_SZ = 1
On Error GoTo ErrFailed
lRetVal = RegCreateKey(lRootKey, sRegPath, lhwnKey)
If lRetVal = 0 Then
'Successfully created/opened the key
'Write value
lRetVal = RegSetValueEx(lhwnKey, "", 0, REG_SZ, ByVal sValue, Len(sValue))
'Close key
lRetVal = RegCloseKey(lhwnKey)
End If
zRegistryCreateKey = (lRetVal = 0)
Exit Function
ErrFailed:
zRegistryCreateKey = False
End Function
