Confirm Open After Download - Reading Registry

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Tim Childs

Hi

In Windows explorer, it is possible to set a flag under
View-Options_filetypes to determine if a CSV file (or any
other type of file) opens automatically on being
downloaded.

Is this stored in the registry and can its value be "read"
in VB?

THANKS

Tim
 
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Tim Childs

Hi



Can anyone get me started on this?



Or tell me where I should look for help?



Or maybe the question needs clarification?



Thanks



Tim
 
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Bill Manville

Tim said:
In Windows explorer, it is possible to set a flag under
View-Options_filetypes to determine if a CSV file (or any
other type of file) opens automatically on being
downloaded.
Click to expand...
You mean the "Confirm open after download" flag?

Experiment suggests that

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.CSV\EditFlags has value 65536 if the flag is
NOT set (and 0 if it is). I suspect it might be a bit-map and so you
should probably only change the 1 bit in the key value.

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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Tim Childs

Bill

Thanks for the response on this which I will pursue. I don't want to change
the flag setting in fact, I simply want to be able to "read" it.

Incidentally, the findlinks.xla is a great boon

Tim

Also in Oxford, UK (on weekdays, anyway)!
 
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