FGCBA Handler UI v0.03

[Nightwolf81]

Just a quick question. . . or two

Is there anything stopping you compiling the FGCBA with the Handler? (if they use different command switches I can't see a problem. . . also the FGCBA really needs to benifit from the UI as well (say a viewable log that you can copy the information from). It should work out easier to maintain 1 program than two.

Hell you could even bring up the problem inf or ini for direct editing and then recompile the addon when editing completed and FGCBA re tested.


I know you've put a lot of time an effort into this project, any chance you'll open source it for me? I'd love to see all the inf parsing you've created and mabey I could help you out more than I have been.

Well anyways these are just ideas and you can dismiss them at your lesuire!

Nightwolf81 (Nightwolf_GLC AT hotmail dot com)

[n7Epsilon]

Actually, I have actually considered this many times already...

In fact, I actually started the handler as a part of FGCBA's main executable, but one thing came in my way...

I thought of launching the handler when a special switch was specified...etc., but ran into a problem that a blank console window would be left running behind the Handler's form. There is no way in C# to hide windows without some API interop and the console would still flash briefly even if accomplished... and if I compile FGCBA as a Windows Forms app there will be no console at all and there would be no way to show it... (and I'm a long way from making FGCBA a GUI app, I like it being a console app because it eases the use in batch files).

So I thought a good compromise would be this scenario, I will still investigate other possibilities and eventually, the 2 apps maybe united...

As for viewing the log into the GUI, that is very possible, and I will implement it in the next version...

As for open-sourcing, I do plan to release its source when I reach 1.0 (as I state on the site, it's written in C#) when I've cleaned up everything and fully documented the code...

(small note: I obfuscated your email in your post, it's not very wise to post your email in clear format on a public message board... ).

[n7Epsilon]

As promised, here's the batch file that does the registry redirect loop to register the handler to all supported extensions .
It's a bit slow but works 100% correctly and doesn't require any 3rd party programs.

Code for register_fgcba.cmd (copy the code in the block, paste it into notepad and replace <tab> with a tab key on the keyboard or the code will not work properly):

@Echo Off
setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
:lookforFGCBAHandler
For %%i IN (FGCBAHandler.exe) Do set FGCBAHandlerLocation=%%~$PATH:i
If not defined FGCBAHandlerLocation (For %%i In (FGCBAHandler.exe) Do If exist %%i set FGCBAHandlerLocation=%%~dpnxi)
If not defined FGCBAHandlerLocation goto error
Echo.
Echo * PLEASE WAIT: Registering FGCBAHandler to supported extensions...
FOR %%i IN (.ini .inf .cab .7z .zip .rar) Do call :registerloop "%%i"
Echo * SUCCESS: FGCBAHandler has been successfully registered.
goto end

:error
Echo * ERROR: Cannot find FGCBAHandler.exe in any of the folders defined by %%PATH%%.
goto end

:registerloop
If "%~1"=="" goto :EOF
set currentkey=%~1
Echo * Registering: %~1
:loop
REG QUERY "HKCR\%currentkey%\shell" 1>NUL 2>NUL
If errorlevel=1 (For /F "usebackq tokens=3 delims=<tab>" %%i IN (`@reg query HKCR\%currentkey% /ve ^| find /I "REG_SZ"`) Do set currentkey=%%i
goto loop) ELSE (
set basekey=HKCR\%currentkey%\shell\FGCBAHandler
REG ADD "!basekey!" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "&FGCBA..." /f 1>NUL
REG ADD "!basekey!\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "\"%FGCBAHandlerLocation%\" \"%%1\"" /f 1>NUL
)

:end
endlocal

It is best to use this batch file as the last item, especially after installing any archive-handling utilities, so that archive-type extensions are registered correctly.

[n7Epsilon]

Released v0.03, with more user-friendly nice-to-haves .

See first post for updated screenshot and download link + md5 hash...

[Soheyl]

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Please reuplaod.
Thanks.

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