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From: Chris
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 17:18

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<user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
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> There are two ways to add a context menu handler to the Windows shell:
> The standard executable method and the COM shell extension --
> IContextMenu -- method. The first way, which I assume you are using, is
> by far the easiest to implement, but it has limitations, and I think you
> may have reached them. I hate to suggest it, but because it allows for
> processing a list of files instead of passing them to your program one
> at a time, you may want to bite the bullet and look into writing a COM
> object.
>

Guess you're right. (Short time later)  I've just scared myself looking at
MSDN on IContextMenu.  Don't suppose anyone can point me to a sample peice
of BCB code?

Thanks

Chris

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