Can I, during installation or on first running, register my program as the
default program for my designated file extension?  That would allow me to
just double click on the files that it creates and it would open the program
and load the file.

TIA,
Bobbo

Hi,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vbtskaddingdeletingdocumenttypesassociatedfileextensions.asp

Ken
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Can I, during installation or on first running, register my program as the
default program for my designated file extension?  That would allow me to
just double click on the files that it creates and it would open the program
and load the file.

TIA,
Bobbo

This is a fantastic example in VB.NET:

http://www.mentalis.org/php/dm/dm.qpx?5

Here's another great example:

http://www.vbcity.com/forums/faq.asp?fid=15&cat=Registry#TID72502

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE
Official Microsoft Beta Tester

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