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| From | "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | microsoft.public.scripting.jscript, microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript, comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? |
| Date | 2012-01-04 10:23 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <je1qn9$t3u$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 3 groups.
| | The trouble with "file type" as stored in the registry and read by | "objFile.type" is that it can be and often is changed by applications. For | example, on my computer the ".bmp" file mentioned above is a "Paint Shop | Pro 5 Image," not a "Paint.Picture." Yes, but that's the whole point. That name is only a pointer to the Registry key that holds the relevant info. about a registered file, such as the path to the default program to open it. The file class name itself is not significant. It's a pointer. I guess a distinction should be made between the two "file type" values. I've never used objFile.type and don't see any point to it, so I'm not sure what it shows. I'll call the default value of HKCR\.xxx the file class name. (I don't know if there's an official term.) I'll call the default value of HKCR\[FileClassName] the file type name. So: HKCR\.txt default value: txtfile HKCR\txtfile default value: Text Document Any program that gets assigned as the default for a file type can set any values it wants. Those values are really only for Registry navigation and advertising. (Since most software is commercial one often gets commercial names.) For .bmp I have a file class name of "IrfanView.BMP" and a file type name of "IrfanView BMP File". Neither of those names tells me anything about what a BMP file is. If I wanted a script to provide useful information about file types, perhaps in an HTA, I think I'd write a function to return strings like "text file", "cascading style sheet file", "webpage file", etc. There simply isn't any standard like that in Windows.
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JScript - is a file of a known Type? Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-03 17:09 +0000
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-03 21:13 -0500
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? Todd Vargo <tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz> - 2012-01-04 00:55 -0500
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-04 09:18 -0500
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-04 09:40 -0500
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-04 10:23 -0500
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? Todd Vargo <tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz> - 2012-01-04 20:22 -0500
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-05 22:01 -0800
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-06 11:04 +0000
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-06 04:26 -0800
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-06 14:58 +0000
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-06 12:27 -0800
Re: JScript - is a file of a known Type? Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-07 21:54 +0000
JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-05 20:29 +0000
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-05 22:05 -0800
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Bwig Zomberi <zomberiMAPSONNOSPAM@gmail.invalid> - 2012-01-06 14:31 +0530
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-07 21:14 +0000
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-07 21:10 +0000
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-08 14:52 -0800
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <reply1202@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-09 23:45 +0000
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Todd Vargo <tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz> - 2012-01-10 00:27 -0500
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2012-01-10 13:40 -0800
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-10 17:04 -0800
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <reply1202@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-12 23:43 +0000
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-12 22:36 -0800
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-01-12 22:47 -0800
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <J.R.Stockton@physics.org> - 2012-01-14 12:15 -0800
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Bwig Zomberi <zomberiMAPSONNOSPAM@gmail.invalid> - 2012-01-06 14:43 +0530
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Todd Vargo <tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz> - 2012-01-06 05:20 -0500
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-01-06 08:33 -0500
Re: JScript - WScript output similar to CScript output> Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-07 20:11 +0000
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