Yip its all sorted. I knew this, but you tended to get bogged down with other ideas, and you stay on the same track...agh
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James Sugrue Sent: Friday, 17 January 2003 09:37 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: RE: [DUG]: SHGetFileInfo and File Type Paul beat me to it. Just had a look at the (now Open source) Orpheus code for getting the Registered file types and it does what Paul suggests. 1/ Get list of .xxx from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT 2/ From List created in 1) Search HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for names in Root and Get Default and associated Icon File I.E .doc returns Word.Document.8 which in turn returns "Microsoft Word Document" and "c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office\WinWord.exe,1" for the Icon. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Eggleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:27 AM Subject: RE: RE: [DUG]: SHGetFileInfo and File Type vss wrote on Friday, 17 January 2003 9:11 a.m.: > except that if you look at .doc in the registry, it doesnt actually > tell you its a "Word Document" it says Word.Document.x x = version > > Jeremy Yep. Then you open up HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.x, which contains the info you're after. Cheers, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
