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11019 - Registering ActiveX Controls by - Apurva Lawale Sometimes
when you want to register ActiveX controls (files with *.ocx), it becomes a
real pain. You might either go to the DOS prompt and use regsvr32.exe or you
might attempt ActiveXControlRegister("FILENAME") system function from
Authorware. You might
be making your own ActiveX control and might want to check or reinforce that
it is properly registered with the system. You might be tempted to use regsvr32.exe
from the DOS prompt. Well, this
example might ease up all the above stuff for you. Is this
Magic or what ? What
is so different in the image on the left ? Maybe you should right click
on an any file in your computer and see the options that it gives you.
Well,
here you will see that I have two new options Register and UnRegister.
They only appear in the menu when I right click an Activex Control. Now
as you can see, wouldn't it be cool if it were as easy as this to register
any ActiveX control in your system with a click and to unregister it with
a click. Well,
below we will see how to get these options on your menus. Steps
to get "Register" and "UnRegister" to appear on your menus.
I will be showing you how to do it for Windows 2000 but it should be similar
for other OSes too. 1.
Start Windows Explorer. 2. 3 Select
the File Types tab. Click
on the New button. When you click the new button you will get a
Create New Extension dialog box. Type
OCX in the File Extensions Field. Click on the Advanced
button and you will see the field labeled Associated File Type. Click
the OK button to close the Create New Extension dialog box. 4. After
you have closed the Create New Extension dialog box. You have to
go to the area where it is written Details for 'OCX' Extension.
Click on the Advanced button and you will see a new dialog box appear
known as the Edit File Type dialog box. Click
on the New button in the Edit File Type dialog box. 5. When
you click the New button you get a dialog box called New Action.
Type in exactly the way you see in the picture on your left and the click
the OK button to close the New Action dialog box. When
you click the OK button you will be returned to the Edit File Type dialog
box . Highlight the Register action and click the Set Default button. 6. Do
the same for UnRegister action as you have done for the Register action.
Type
in exactly as you see in the picture on the left for UnRegister. Click
OK when you are done typing exactly as shown. Close the Folder Options
dialog box. Find an ocx file in your system and right click on it to register
it or unregister it. Email
: sendmenote@hotmail.com Copyright
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