Mastering I/O Port Mappings and File Association Concepts in Computers

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IFileAssociations

Declaration

IFileAssociations : IDispatch

Overview

This interface is meant to manage file associations

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Methods

NewDefaultProgram() returns IDefaultProgramFA
Creates a new default program setup.

RemoveDefaultProgram(IDefaultProgramFA DefaultProgram)
Removes a default program setup.

NewProgId() returns IProgIdFA
Creates a new ProgId setup.

RemoveProgId(IProgIdFA ProgId)
Removes a new ProgId setup.

Properties

Array DefaultPrograms
Gets the collection of default programs setups.

Array ProgIds
Gets the collection of ProgId setups.

Example

$advinst = new-object -com AdvancedInstaller
$project = $advinst.CreateProjectS(“architect”)
$appExeFile = $project.FilesComponent.AddFileS(“appdir”, “D:\MyApp.exe”)
$progId = $project.FileAssociations.NewProgId()
$extension = $progId.NewExtension($appExeFile)
$verb = $extension.NewVerb()
$defaultProgrram = $project.FileAssociations.NewDefaultProgram()
$defaultProgrram.AddExtension($extension)

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