Shell Extension - Context Menu and GUID

From: Damjan Vengušt (damjan.vengust_at_guest.arnes.si)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:59:20 +0200

Hey !

I made a simple shell extension program, which adds custom item in
context menu.

I understand how it works, when I have only one additional menu item.
What If I need to add more than one item.

I guess each menu item should have it's own GUID. How to create COM
object in this case.

This is how I create COM object for only one menu item. MyContextGUID is
GUID for my item.

   TComObjectFactory.Create( ComServer, TMyContextMenu, MyContextGUID,
'', 'My Windows Shell Context Menu Extension', ciMultiInstance );

So If I add another Item, it would have GUID MyContextGUID_2.

Well, I managed to add two items, but as you can see (in code above)
only GUID of the first item is used. Is this OK.

So in general I would have to:
- create several menu items and GUIDs
- create some keys in registry (ShelEx\GUID1, ShellEx\GUID2, ....)
- create COM object with GUID1

Thanks for your reply,

Damjan

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