Does anyone know of any information that could give any information on how I would go about creating a specific file type. for example, if I have a program tha tI have written and it encodes audio and I wanted the to save the encoded file as a specific type i.e. ".mpx" and have only that program open it and read it, how would this be done?

3/7/2006 5:51:18 PM

right click on a file with the .mpx extension, click Open With -> Choose Program. then find the program you want to open it with and optionally checkmark the box "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"

3/7/2006 5:53:14 PM

open up an explorer folder

tools

folder options

file types

new

OK

find it on the list and Change

[Edited on March 7, 2006 at 5:53 PM. Reason : or that^]

3/7/2006 5:53:28 PM

how did you get to the point where you can write a program to encode audio but not associate the file with a program - amazing

3/7/2006 5:54:25 PM

i thought that was weird too

3/7/2006 6:10:21 PM

If this program is going to be used on more than one computer, you'll need to export whatever registry keys associated with that filetype and import them onto the other computers.

3/7/2006 6:48:16 PM

thanks perlith, i think you're on the right track. for the clarification of those above...

i'm not trying to change a file to program association. i.e. have windows media player open up all my mp3s. I want to take a program, install it on multiple computers, and then have program ready to open that specific file type immediately after installation. just as when you install winamp it can open mp3's immediately. Perlith is what you mentioned able to complete that task?

3/8/2006 9:26:09 AM

you're still retarded.

in your install program you have to add registry entries which will be an option. the registry entries you add will be the associations. MAKE SURE you give the user an option or people will get pissed.

if you're only distributing the main program and no setup, you can just add an option in your program to associate the files using registry code from w/in your program.

you're still retarded.

3/8/2006 10:25:48 AM

did you write the program to do the encoding - or download it - and at the very most write a VBA wrapper for it?

3/8/2006 10:29:41 AM

I'm not too familiar with Windows Installers ... Google it and see what you come up with.

3/8/2006 12:59:12 PM