File Association - argument problem

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Hi Friedrich,

Guess I'll have to continue the argument<g>

I've run into a problem again with the argument option for the file
association.

I changed my program to accept "%1" as the first parameter and that
would contain the filename. No problems but now I need to add a
SECOND argument to the command line in the file association. So I
added %2 to the "Arguments" field, thinking this would get me the "%1"
%2 that I needed. But this gets created into the registry as:

"C:\Program Files..." %2 "%1"

I.e. the entered arguments are placed BEFORE the default "%1"
argument.

When I use the shell to create a shortcut it places the arguments at
the END of the command line, like:

"Myproject.aprj" /E

If I change the association to "%1" %2 everything works fine with my
shortcuts as it should.

So it seems that I'm hosed doing this unless I modify the registry
key.

I'm using the IShellLink to create the shortcut:

psl->SetPath(lpszPathObj);
psl->SetDescription(lpszDesc);
if(lpszArg!=NULL){
psl->SetArguments(lpszArg);
}

and this is working without problems, but the SetArguments() places
any additional arguments after the SetPath() value.
Arnór Baldvinsson
Icetips Creative, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas, USA
www.icetips.com


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Hi Arnór,

In the following:

"C:\VisualStudioPath\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /dde "%1"

the "argument" part would be /dde

The "%1" Windows variable is set automatically.

Friedrich

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Hi Friedrich,

>"C:\VisualStudioPath\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /dde "%1"
>
>the "argument" part would be /dde
>
>The "%1" Windows variable is set automatically.

Hmm.... This contradicts the way the iShellLink creates the shortcut
link which feeds into the parameters. When I specify an argument with
the SetArgument, it is placed AFTER the filename, i.e. in this case:

"filename" /dde

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb774954(VS.85).aspx

Best regards,

Arnór Baldvinsson
Icetips Creative, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas, USA
www.icetips.com


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