ShowFilesAssociationDlg method (ILEADRasterDlgFile)

Syntax	short ShowFilesAssociationDlg(long hWnd);
Overview	Refer to Using Imaging Common Dialogs

Remarks

Displays the File Association dialog, in order to change file association options.

The layout and action of the dialog depends on the flags set in the UIFlags property. Possible option is:

Value	Meaning
FILESASSOCIATION_SHOW_CONTEXTHELP	[0x00000800] dialog should contain a context sensitive help icon.

The following properties are associated with this method:

Formats property

SelectedExt property

ServerApplicationName property

Use this dialog to control how the shell treats certain types of files. This lets you link your application to a certain file type, which causes the application to take ownership of that file type.

The properties are used as input only and will not be updated by the dialog.

If the method was successful, then file formats will be associated or de-associated accordingly.

To include a Help button in the dialog, set the ShowHelpButton property to VARIANT_TRUE.

The File Association dialog can be seen below:

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