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• I am trying to "Register an Application to a URL Protocol" (Refer to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/pluggable/overview/appendix_a.asp?frame=true ) I ran the registry script (provided in the article): [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT] [note] (Default) = "URL:Note Protocol" URL Protocol = "" [DefaultIcon] (Default) = "notepad.exe" [shell] [open] [command] (Default) = "c:\windows\notepad.exe %1" However, this code does not work as quoted. Everytime I execute the command "note:c:\myfile.txt", the notepad application opens up but an error message pops up saying "Could not find the file note:c:\myfile.txt ". The registry code here actually takes the complete command as an argument for itself. I looked into some examples in the registry if they share this problem. And they seem to. However to counter this, they have an additional dll (usually url.dll) which strips off the 'note:' (or whatever the command is) in the total command and sends the rest as an parameter. My question is how can I write such a DLL which will take an input string and return its substring (Need code). For e.g. If I execute > notepad MyStripper.dll note:c:\note.txt the dll should strip "note:c:\note.txt" and just send "c:\note.txt" as an argument to the notepad application. Thank u in advance. Would prefer code solution in VB.Net

• Answer:

  Hi. This is a pretty straightforward question. The following snippet of VB.NET code will compile and perform the task you're looking for. Compile this to "stripprotocol.exe" and place it in C:\WINDOWS: stripprotocol.vb: Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Public Module Test Public Sub Main( args as String() ) If args.Length <> 1 Then MessageBox.Show( "Need exactly one argument" ) Return End If If Not args( 0 ).StartsWith( "note:" ) MessageBox.Show( "Argument must start with 'note:'" ) Return End If ' 5 is the length of the string "note:" args( 0 ) = args( 0 ).Substring( 5 ) ' Uncomment to see what gets passed to the program ' MessageBox.Show( args( 0 ) ) System.Diagnostics.Process.Start( "notepad.exe", args( 0 ) ) End Sub End Module Use the following registry settings to run it: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\note] @="URL:Note Protocol" "URL Protocol"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\note\DefaultIcon] @="notepad.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\note\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\note\shell\open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\note\shell\open\command] @="C:\\windows\\stripprotocol.exe \"%1\"" ^-- Note that if you are entering this in the registry by hand, this should be: C:\windows\stripprotocol.exe "%1" If you have any questions, feel free to ask.