right click

[Matta25]

Hello,
I would like to put my exe in the "Send to" right click menu. I then want to be able to right click on a .zip file and goto "Send to" and then click on the exe and have the proogram unzip the file.
Any ideas on how to pass the filename I click on to the program?
Thanks

 

[ca8msm]

You can create shortcuts in the Send To folder manually. As for opening zip files in your application, you'd have to accept the filename as a command argument and then write the relevant code to unzip it and do whatever you need to do with the file.


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[Matta25]

Thanks,
I have the unzipping code writen already. I not sure how to tell VB.net the filename I right clicked on to feed to the program in the "send to" menu. Any samples of this.
Thanks

 

[Ruffnekk]

You can use the following function to get the commandline arguments used for a VB .NET exe:

Function GetCommandLineArgs() As String()
  ' Declare variables.
  Dim separators As String = " "
  Dim commands As String = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Command()
  Dim args() As String = commands.Split(separators.ToCharArray)
  Return args
End Function

It returns a string array. You can use something like the following line to see what exactly will be returned as an argument:

MsgBox(GetCommandLineArgs(0))

This will get the first argument. I'm not sure in which format it will be returned, but I'm sure you can deal with it accordingly...

Regards, Ruffnekk
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[Ruffnekk]

I've tried the above in a quick sample and the argument is the complete path to the file, so it's very useful for you

Regards, Ruffnekk
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