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Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
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Sat, 24 Apr 1999 02:27:05 GMT
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:00:27 GMT, Leonardo Zide <leonardo@centroin.com.br>
wrote:

I've made a shell extension DLL to display some information about
LeoCAD/LDraw files when you move the cursor over them in Windows
Explorer (like what MS Word does). It will display the author &
description of LeoCAD files or the comments from the beginning of a .DAT
file. This is the first public version but it should work correctly.
The file (40 kb) is at
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3479/shlext.zip Take a look at the 2
gif files included and read the README.TXT inside.

Leonardo

PS: Can someone think of a more useless program ? :)

Useless?  No, I think it sounds useful, at least to me.  But I can't seem to
get it to install.  Could you expand slightly on the instructions?  I tried
various methods, such as using Windows Run program, making a shortcut for
regsvr32 and appending shlext.dll on its command line, and dropping to an
MS-Dos box and running "regsvr32 shlext.dll"  -  all had the same error:

"LoadLibrary ("shlext.dll") failed.
GetLastError returns 0x00000485."

-- Terry K --



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  Re: Shell Extension DLL for lcd and dat files
 
(...) The error means "One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found". The best option to install the program is using the DOS prompt, here's what you need to type (you may need to change the folder names): 1- cd \downloads (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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I've made a shell extension DLL to display some information about LeoCAD/LDraw files when you move the cursor over them in Windows Explorer (like what MS Word does). It will display the author & description of LeoCAD files or the comments from the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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