Custom File Types/Open In App

[RizlaUK]

Hey Guys,

after i posted my last app i received a few requests for the code to make the file open in the app, so here it is

in this example i used a .mxt (so it dosent mess up your file association)

build the app and run it once to set the association, then rename a compatible audio file and .mxt and double click it and it will open in the example app

I take no credit for this code, it is code i got from a few posts in the forum, all i did was combine the code into a working example

Have Fun

[medina07]

Thanks

Very good work, is of a lot of utility, thank you to share it with us.:yes :yes

[Desrat]

thats a very useful example to have..thanks RizlaUk

[AudioSam]

Thanks RizlaUk

Good Work RizlaUK.
It works, ...How you do that?
lol
Thank You
AudioSam

[Ham]

Really nice RizlaUK:yes :yes

[RizlaUK]

hey, wow, 4 weeks later and my post appears, i had given up on this one, guess the powers that be was just to busy (working on AMS 7 with any luck )

[medina07]

Help

I am trying to load the file with extension (.mp3) to a ListBox and from this to the Media Player, but I get an error (MediaPlayer doesn't support the following extension: (.) ).
But when I load the file (.mp3) directly to MediaPlayer everything it works marvelously - I have changed "CHANNEL_NARRATION" for MediaPlayer plugin-
Where is the error?

check to see if any commandline arg was passed to the app
if _CommandLineArgs[1] then
	if String.Left(_CommandLineArgs[1], 3) ~= "SFX" then
		YourCustomFile = _CommandLineArgs[1]
		sPath = String.SplitPath(YourCustomFile);
		Input.SetText("Input1", sPath.Filename);

			-- Add the item to the ListBox
			ListBox.AddItem("Playlist", String.SplitPath(YourCustomFile).Filename, sPath.Filename);
                        -- Select item from ListBox
                        ListBox.SelectItem("Playlist", 1);
			
	end
end

[medina07]

My app loads the name of the song from the ListBox but doesn't run it.

[RizlaUK]

i assume you are loading the file into the mp plugin via the listbox "Data" field

if that is the case you are loading just the filename, which is useless, you need to send the full path to it

and you are splitting the path twice (waist of code)

try this:

[i][COLOR='#008000']--check to see if any commandline arg was passed to the app[/COLOR][/i]
[b][COLOR='#0000FF']if[/COLOR][/b] _CommandLineArgs[COLOR='#FF0000'][[/COLOR]1[COLOR='#FF0000']][/COLOR] [b][COLOR='#0000FF']then[/COLOR][/b] 
	[b][COLOR='#0000FF']if[/COLOR][/b] String[COLOR='#FF0000'].[/COLOR]Left[COLOR='#FF0000']([/COLOR]_CommandLineArgs[COLOR='#FF0000'][[/COLOR]1[COLOR='#FF0000']][/COLOR][COLOR='#FF0000'],[/COLOR] 3[COLOR='#FF0000'])[/COLOR] [COLOR='#FF0000']~[/COLOR][COLOR='#FF0000']=[/COLOR] [COLOR='#800080']"SFX"[/COLOR] [b][COLOR='#0000FF']then[/COLOR][/b] 
		YourCustomFile [COLOR='#FF0000']=[/COLOR] _CommandLineArgs[COLOR='#FF0000'][[/COLOR]1[COLOR='#FF0000']][/COLOR] 
		sPath [COLOR='#FF0000']=[/COLOR] String[COLOR='#FF0000'].[/COLOR]SplitPath[COLOR='#FF0000']([/COLOR]YourCustomFile[COLOR='#FF0000'])[/COLOR]; 
		Input[COLOR='#FF0000'].[/COLOR]SetText[COLOR='#FF0000']([/COLOR] [COLOR='#800080']"Input1"[/COLOR][COLOR='#FF0000'],[/COLOR] sPath[COLOR='#FF0000'].[/COLOR]Filename[COLOR='#FF0000'])[/COLOR]; 

		 [i][COLOR='#008000']	-- Add the item to the ListBox[/COLOR][/i]
			ListBox[COLOR='#FF0000'].[/COLOR]AddItem[COLOR='#FF0000']([/COLOR] [COLOR='#800080']"Playlist"[/COLOR][COLOR='#FF0000'],[/COLOR] sPath[COLOR='#FF0000'].[/COLOR]Filename[COLOR='#FF0000'],[/COLOR] YourCustomFile[COLOR='#FF0000'])[/COLOR]; 
           [i][COLOR='#008000'] -- Select item from ListBox[/COLOR][/i]
            ListBox[COLOR='#FF0000'].[/COLOR]SelectItem[COLOR='#FF0000']([/COLOR] [COLOR='#800080']"Playlist"[/COLOR][COLOR='#FF0000'],[/COLOR] 1[COLOR='#FF0000'])[/COLOR]; 
			
	[b][COLOR='#0000FF']end[/COLOR][/b] 
[b][COLOR='#0000FF']end[/COLOR][/b]

output enhanced with AMS Code Pretty

[mz241508]

Try this code:

--check to see if any commandline arg was passed to the app
if _CommandLineArgs[1] then
	if String.Left(_CommandLineArgs[1], 3) ~= "SFX" then
		YourCustomFile = _CommandLineArgs[1]
		sPath = String.SplitPath(YourCustomFile);
		Input.SetText("Input1", sPath.Filename);

		-- Add the item to the ListBox
		ListBox.AddItem("Playlist", sPath.Filename, [COLOR="Red"]YourCustomFile[/COLOR]);
		-- Select item from ListBox
		ListBox.SelectItem("Playlist", 1);
	end
end

LOL, looks like RizlaUK beat me to it!

[RizlaUK]

lol....beat ya by 30 seconds

[medina07]

Thank you RizlaUK and mz241508 now everything works perfectly.:yes :yes

[medina07]

This way I can initialize the file automatically from the ListBox

--check to see if any commandline arg was passed to the app
if _CommandLineArgs[1] then 
	if String.Left(_CommandLineArgs[1], 3) ~= "SFX" then 
		YourCustomFile = _CommandLineArgs[1] 
		sPath = String.SplitPath(YourCustomFile); 
		Input.SetText( "Input1", sPath.Filename); 

		 	-- Add the item to the ListBox
			ListBox.AddItem( "Playlist", sPath.Filename, YourCustomFile); 
            -- Select item from ListBox
            ListBox.SelectItem( "Playlist", 1);
             -- Get the selected item(s) from the ListBox
Selected = ListBox.GetSelected("Playlist");
-- Ensure that there was an item selected
if Selected then
	-- Get the path to the selected file (stored in the item's 'data')
	FilePath = ListBox.GetItemData("Playlist", Selected[1]);
	-- load the file
	MediaPlayer.Load("Media", FilePath);
	-- play the file
	MediaPlayer.Play("Media");
	-- start the timer
	Page.StartTimer(500);
	-- set as playing
	Playing = true
	-- set as not paused
	Paused = false
	-- set as loaded
	Loaded = true
	-- set the total time
	Label.SetText("Total", Clock(MediaPlayer.GetLength("Media")));
end
end            
end

[SiNisTer]

Thank for the codes guys

Hey guys I tried the some of the codes & it works perfectly until you try to open multiple mp3 files - then it starts to open several instances of the player (the application) to load each file:lol
I hope some one can try to update this part of the codes...It'll be really useful...

BTW is there also a way to read the data in a saved .m3u playlist and load this into the listbox when I double click it considering the my app is set as the default Application for the file?

[Desolator]

Yes. Detect the extension and load the playlist.