Hi, a bit of information and a request... Just worked out how to use PocketPC Installation Creator to create file associations. You need to set 4 registry entries, for example (modified from www.devbuzz.com/content/zinc_evb_icon_assoc_pg2.asp):


To get this into your project in PPIC use the Registry and Shortcuts part of the PocketPC Side section. Hit 'Edit Registry Sections' (Nick - typo in your button name here!) and select 'Add', then give the section a name (in this case 'RegEntrys'). Then fill out the key details dialog box as follows:



Hit OK, and then 'Add' to create the next section



Hit OK, and then 'Add' to create the next section



Hit OK, and then 'Add' to create the next section



Then go back to the main screen and add the section to the installation details for you platform(s).

Hope this is of use to someone out there! Also Nick feel free to use this in your documentation.

Finally a request - could a function to do this automatically be created so the registry entries don't have to be entered manually?

(Edit 2007-05-11 to fix missing backslash chars)
(Edit 2007-05-16 to change HKLM to HKCR in example!)

Thanks for the guide
And, yes it is a very good idea for a feature ...
In the next version it will be added ...

Regards,
Nick Protopapas

All done
Added the automatic file association feature.
See here for more info:
www.aperitto.com/component/option,com_ku...ew/catid,9/id,92/#92

Regards,
Nick Protopapas

Hi Nick, have tested the new features and it all looks pretty good! The file association thing did turn up something interesting in my code though to do with quote marks and the CFile::Open operation.

Originally the open registry entry in HKCR I had was



With your new built-in function it ends up as:



And my code worked with the first reg entry but not the second - basically it grabs the command line and passes it to the MFC CFile::Open command.

The extra quote marks result in the command line being passed to the open function surrounded in quote marks:



Rather than:



On the PC platform it works the same way as your function - it passes the command line with the quote marks and the CFile::Open command works fine. However it seems to fail on the PocketPC platform.

Easy fix, I just modified my application to strip quote marks if present from the command line before passing it to the CFile::Open function on the PocketPC platform only.

Looking at other entries in the HKCR part of the registry it seems the quote marks are not normally used.

So something to be aware of - but not sure if there is actually anything wrong with the way you have implemented this!

yes, this is the point of the quote marks.
The

is parsed as three different parameters:

So if you enclose the file parameter into quote marks, then is parsed as only one parameter, but you must strip the marks into your program.
I think that is standard for windows, the quote marks. But if one doesn't want them, simply can edit the generated registry entries.
With this version I think it is more human understable the registry edit
Regards,
Nick Protopapas

Ahh, I've worked out why this is causing a problem for me. I process the command line directly, and don't break it up using spaces as a seperator for the CE build of my app.

So you are right, using the quote marks is the 'proper' way of doing things.

Oh and definitely like the new registry editing dialogs!