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Copy Location Shell Extension

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14 Apr 2000CPOL 146.2K   47  
This shell extension adds the ability to copy file and folder names from the Windows Explorer to the clipboard.
// CopyLocation.cpp : Implementation of DLL Exports.


// Note: Proxy/Stub Information
//      To build a separate proxy/stub DLL, 
//      run nmake -f CopyLocationps.mk in the project directory.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "resource.h"
#include <initguid.h>
#include "CopyLocation.h"

#include "CopyLocation_i.c"
#include "CopyLocationShl.h"


CComModule _Module;

BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP(ObjectMap)
OBJECT_ENTRY(CLSID_CopyLocationShl, CCopyLocationShl)
END_OBJECT_MAP()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// DLL Entry Point

extern "C"
BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID /*lpReserved*/)
{
    if (dwReason == DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH)
    {
        _Module.Init(ObjectMap, hInstance, &LIBID_COPYLOCATIONLib);
        DisableThreadLibraryCalls(hInstance);
    }
    else if (dwReason == DLL_PROCESS_DETACH)
        _Module.Term();
    return TRUE;    // ok
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Used to determine whether the DLL can be unloaded by OLE

STDAPI DllCanUnloadNow(void)
{
    return (_Module.GetLockCount()==0) ? S_OK : S_FALSE;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Returns a class factory to create an object of the requested type

STDAPI DllGetClassObject(REFCLSID rclsid, REFIID riid, LPVOID* ppv)
{
    return _Module.GetClassObject(rclsid, riid, ppv);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// DllRegisterServer - Adds entries to the system registry

STDAPI DllRegisterServer(void)
{
    // If we're on NT, add ourselves to the list of approved shell extensions
    if (0 == (GetVersion() & 0x80000000UL))
	{
        CRegKey reg;
        LONG    lRet;

        lRet = reg.Open(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
			_T("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Shell Extensions\\Approved"),
			KEY_SET_VALUE);

        if (ERROR_SUCCESS != lRet)
            return E_ACCESSDENIED;

        lRet = reg.SetValue(_T("CopyLocationShl extension"), 
			_T("{A7847D3E-09F3-11D4-8F6D-0080AD87DD41}") );

        if (ERROR_SUCCESS != lRet)
            return E_ACCESSDENIED;
	}

    // registers object, typelib and all interfaces in typelib
    return _Module.RegisterServer(TRUE);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// DllUnregisterServer - Removes entries from the system registry

STDAPI DllUnregisterServer(void)
{
    // If we're on NT, remove ourselves from the list of approved shell extensions.
    // Note that if we get an error along the way, I don't bail out since I want
    // to do the normal ATL unregistration stuff too.
    if (0 == (GetVersion() & 0x80000000UL))
	{
        CRegKey reg;
        LONG    lRet;

        lRet = reg.Open(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
			_T("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Shell Extensions\\Approved"),
			KEY_SET_VALUE);

        if (ERROR_SUCCESS == lRet)
		{
            lRet = reg.DeleteValue(_T("CopyLocationShl extension"));
		}
	}

    return _Module.UnregisterServer(TRUE);
}


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