Re: Query shell-verbs and associations

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mayayana schrieb:
I have some questions concerning ShellExecute(Ex)

- How can I enum / check the verbs that are supported for a given
file-extension? In detail i want to call the "edit" verb for
many filetypes. If there is no "edit" i want to call "open".
How do I know if the verb "edit" is supported?
Is there a more handy set of functions then RegQueryValue and RegEnumKeys?


I don't know whether this is really any easier
than checking the Registry, but I think it will
work. It uses the Shell object. My sample code
is a quick, late-bound script version, but it can be
done with a reference to Microsoft Shell Controls
and Automation rather than using CreateObject:


Hi mayayana

thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately I shall
not use another COM-object. Some users still have NT4
where afaik Shell-automation isn't supported (
unless you a special IE-ver is installed) .

Also afaik the Verb-Names include ampersands and
are afaics also localized ("edit" becomes
"&Bearbeiten" for instance).

Thanks anyhow. I thought Shell-automation is a lightweight wrapper
around Shell-API. Unfortunaetly i couldn't find
an interface of function that corresponds to
FolderItemVerbs.

MfG,
Alex





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Dim SHAp, oFol, oFolItem, FIVerbs, oVerb, s1, i2
Set SHAp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set oFol = SHAp.NameSpace("C:\")
Set oFolItem = oFol.ParseName("icon1.gif")
Set FIVerbs = oFolItem.Verbs
For i2 = 0 to FIVerbs.count - 1
Set oVerb = FIVerbs.Item(i2)
s1 = s1 & oVerb.Name & vbCrLf
Next
MsgBox s1

Set FIVerbs = Nothing '-- FolderItemVerbs object.
Set oFolItem = Nothing '-- FolderItem object.
Set oFol = Nothing '-- Shell folder object.
Set SHAp = Nothing
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I *think* that works if run as a VBS. I'm onWin98
right now, where the Verb object doesn't seem to
be valid, so I can't test it. But I think it works
on 2000/ME/XP.




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