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Re: Setting up IE to view DAT files with L3Lab?
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Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:32:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> writes:
> 
> >  I'm pretty sure there are instructions on how to set this up in the
> >  README.TXT file in the ldglite distribution.
> 
> Ah!  I just knew I had read this somewhere, but I couildn't find it
> even though I searched for a long time.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> >      1) Open an Explorer window (or any folder window).
> >      2) Select the "View->Folder Options" menu selection.
> >      3) Go to the "File Types" tab.
> 
> The problem is that I don't have this menu option in the Internet
> Explorer 4.0 on my PC.  So I don't know how to insert this
> information.

I believe you're supposed to do this with a "regular" explorer window,
NOT Internet Explorer.  Try "Start/Programs/Windows Explorer", or right
click on "My Computer" and select Explore.

I just tried it on Windows 2000 and I had to use "Tools->Folder Options"
to find the "File Types" tab.  And naturally the resulting dialog box looks
different from the one in Windows 98, hmmm.  I love the way M$ changes the
interface all the time.

> It appears to me that this is registered in the file "iexplore.inf".
> Could this be correct?  If so, would someone like to tell me what the
> relevant lines from "iexplore.inf" should look like?  I only need the
> lines that relate to LDraw, obviously.  That would be great!


I don't have an iexplore.inf, but I'm pretty sure there is something in the
registry for this.  A quick regedit turns up this:

@="ldlite Document"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000000
"AlwaysShowExt"=""
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ldlite.Document\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ldlite.Document\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ldlite.Document\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\projects\\ldglite\\l3glite.exe -v3 -fh \"%1\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\l3glite.exe]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\l3glite.exe\shell]
"FriendlyCache"="l3glite"
"FriendlyCacheCTime"=hex:40,6f,54,6b,b3,a4,bf,01
@="open"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\l3glite.exe\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications\l3glite.exe\shell\open\comman
d]
@="C:\\projects\\ldglite\\l3glite.exe \"%1\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cgi_auto_file]
@="Ldraw file"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cgi_auto_file\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cgi_auto_file\shell\open]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cgi_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\projects\\ldglite\\l3glite.exe \"%1\""


Good luck adding that by hand though.  :)  You'd have to substitute l3lab.exe
and it's path for l3glite.exe.

Don



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(...) Well, that certainly explains a lot! Thanks! I'm obviously not too familiar with windows yet. Fredrik (27 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)

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(...) Ah! I just knew I had read this somewhere, but I couildn't find it even though I searched for a long time. Thanks! (...) The problem is that I don't have this menu option in the Internet Explorer 4.0 on my PC. So I don't know how to insert (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)

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