CWinApp::EnableShellOpen

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Call this function, typically from your InitInstance override, to enable your application's users to open data files when they double-click the files from within the Windows File Manager.

Syntax

void EnableShellOpen( );

Remarks

Call the RegisterShellFileTypes member function in conjunction with this function, or provide a .REG file with your application for manual registration of document types.

Example

// The following code fragment is from CMyApp::InitInstance.
// CMyApp is a CWinApp-derived class.

// enable file manager drag/drop and DDE Execute open
EnableShellOpen();
RegisterShellFileTypes();

Requirements

Header: afxwin.h

See Also

CWinApp Class
Hierarchy Chart
CWinApp::OnDDECommand
CWinApp::RegisterShellFileTypes