INI file previewer

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Hi

I've got a standard ActiveX Plugin I've written (this is the standard windows Previewer style plugin, not a DirOpus style plugin) that works on "*" (ie all file types).

It appears to work perfectly in DOpus (assuming I disable a few DOpus plugins).

+Except+ for one thing I've noticed.

If I select almost any file type, my plugin kicks in and I see it in the Viewer window.

EXCEPT when I select an INI file. in that case, I see.... nothing. My plugin never gets called.

I've played with enabling and disabling plugins in the DOpus settings, but still can't seem to get it to fire.

It works perfectly fine on any number of file types (LOG file, CS, JSON, XML etc).

The problem appears to have something to do with the "Windows TXT Preview Handler" configuration under the ActiveX + Preview + Office + Web plugins.

It appears that ALL of the extensions listed for WINDOWS TXT bypass the ActiveX Plugin support.

I've played with disabling/enabling that handler, I've disabled the "Text", "Multiview" and "Text File Thumbnail handlers" as well.

The only Catchall handler I have enabled is the "ActiveX" handler.

There is no Preview handler registered in the registry for the INI extension.

My ActiveX Preview handler IS registered for the "*" extension in the registry.

Any ideas? I'm stumped.

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Since the post was held for moderation, I can't update it directly

But I wanted to let you know that I finally figured out the problem.

My Previewer was actually listed in the list of Previewer under the "ActiveX + etc" Plugin.

Once I added the applicable extensions there, everything worked as expected.

My apologies for the premature post.

Thanks
Darin

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If the preview handler is registered for the .ini file type, it should get picked up automatically.

If that isn't happening, and requires manually assigning it, please let us know the details of how it's being registered.

(PS: The posts were held for moderation as they were in the plugins section of the forum. That's only for posting plugins for people to download, not for requests/questions (unless related to one of the existing threads there, of course). Posts to that area require approval as so many get put in the wrong place.)