Selecting which file extensions to associate

Author: BitRock Support Date: October 24, 2008 10:28 Tags:

Installation
Actions
Windows

In the article associating file extensions you can learn how to create file associations on Windows. The example below shows how to allow the user to select which specific file extensions to choose

<project>
  <fullName>Demo Project</fullName>
  <shortName>demo</shortName>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <parameterList>
    <directoryParameter>
      <ask>yes</ask>
      <cliOptionName>prefix</cliOptionName>
      <default>${platform_install_prefix}/${product_shortname}-${product_version}</default>
      <description>Installer.Parameter.installdir.description</description>
      <explanation>Installer.Parameter.installdir.explanation</explanation>
      <mustBeWritable>yes</mustBeWritable>
      <mustExist>0</mustExist>
      <name>installdir</name>
      <value>${platform_install_prefix}/${product_shortname}-${product_version}</value>
    </directoryParameter>
    <parameterGroup>
      <name>group</name>
      <title>Select</title>
      <explanation>Please select the extensions you want to register</explanation>
      <parameterList>
        <booleanParameter name="mp3" description=".mp3" displayStyle="checkbox-left"></booleanParameter>
        <booleanParameter name="wav" description=".wav" displayStyle="checkbox-left"></booleanParameter>
      </parameterList>
    </parameterGroup>    
  </parameterList>
  <postInstallationActionList>
    <associateWindowsFileExtension>
      <extensions>.mp3</extensions>
      <progID>mycompany.package</progID>
      <icon>${installdir}\images\myicon.ico</icon>
      <mimeType>music/mp3</mimeType>
      <commandList>
        <command>
          <verb>open</verb>
          <runProgram>${installdir}\yourprogram.exe</runProgram>
          <runProgramArguments>"%1"</runProgramArguments>
        </command>
      </commandList>
      <ruleList>
        <compareText text="${mp3}" value="1" logic="equals"></compareText>
      </ruleList>
    </associateWindowsFileExtension>
    <associateWindowsFileExtension>
      <extensions>.wav</extensions>
      <progID>mycompany.package</progID>
      <icon>${installdir}\images\myicon.ico</icon>
      <mimeType>music/wav</mimeType>
      <commandList>
        <command>
          <verb>open</verb>
          <runProgram>${installdir}\yourprogram.exe</runProgram>
          <runProgramArguments>"%1"</runProgramArguments>
        </command>
      </commandList>
      <ruleList>
        <compareText text="${wav}" value="1" logic="equals"></compareText>
      </ruleList>
    </associateWindowsFileExtension>
  </postInstallationActionList>    
</project>

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