Re: File Association in Dialog-Based Application

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Thanks. I just didn't have much info on making the required registry changes in a way that would be reliable long-term.

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Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits Programming
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"David Lowndes" <DavidL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mt47g41cc57utcksj8qp6lo4ibfba3c56b@xxxxxxxxxx
>Has anyone seen any info on how to associated a file type with my
dialog-based application?

In order to use RegisterShellFileTypes(), I must add my document template
using AddDocTemplates(). But AddDocTemplates() can't be called without a
CDocument class.

Jonathan,

I think you just have to do it by adding the registry values manually
(or through your application's setup program).

See "File Types" in MSDN.

Dave

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