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How do we use the ProgID column in the File Associations settings?

I'm deploying my application using ClickOnce. I want to register a file association but I can't manage to make it work: What should I use as ProgID in the File Associations section of the Publish Options?
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How to find out a COM prog id?

I'd like to access a COM library via late binding. How can I find out its progID? Type oClassType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("THE MISSING PROGID");
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Change ProgID of a COM class

I'm creating a COM component in C#. When it is installed, its ProgID is represented as its .. But I want to change it to ... How can I do this in C#. I'm using Visual Studio 2010.
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CSS with IE - is the -ms-filter required or not?

I have been learning about IE's rather ridiculous-looking requirements for shadows, gradients, etc., and I'm running into some contradictions on this point: Many sites suggest the following lines are necessary for a gradient/shadow…
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How do I get a list of all COM automation servers?

I'm trying to call various APIs that are exposed as COM from Silverlight, which is possible only when they are part of a registered automation server and have a respective progid. Word, for example, would be "Word.Application". How do I get a list…
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IE filters - Shadow acts on text; Gradient+Shadow acts on box?

When I attach the following to a div, I get a box with a gradient and a box-shadow in IE: filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#D08080', EndColorStr='#E7A292') progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(Strength=1,…
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Setting Wix icon when advertise is set to no

Seems like I'm forever asking questions about Wix. This should be the last, and it's just a polishing one. I'm wanting my associated files to have an icon to go with them, but in my ProgId element, the advertise is not specified which I assume…
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GuidAttribute & ProgId, what are they for?

So I am creating an outlook plugin using NetOffice. On the plugin entry point it has something like this: [GuidAttribute("d7066ab2-ac03-431a-bea5-b70d3efab2a5"), ProgId("OutlookPlugin"), ComVisible(true)] Now I understand that the ComVisible bit…
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Where is this ProgId value coming from?

I'm fairly new to C# and Visual Studio, so I may be missing something basic here, but I couldn't find any solutions. I was given 2 NET projects, one is an executable which does a few things, but the main bit of code is: object tempInstance =…
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Can multiple ProgIDs point to the same ClsID?

I am working on a set of what are essentially plugins, which are COM servers. Each plugin has a set of configuration data which is managed by another component, the primary key to the configuration data is the plug-in's ProgID. When the plugin needs…
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List all available ProgId

I would like to obtain a list, using C#, of all progis's on my computer. I know I can scan the registry, something like this: var regClis = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("CLSID"); var progs = new List(); foreach (var clsid in…
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Why is "CLSIDFromProgID" not working in some cases?

I am working on program using COM object. I try to get CLSID from ProgID of COM object. The ProgID is "ProvisioningWapDPURemote" and I am using this funtion "CLSIDFromProgID". The code is as follows. CLSID clsid; LPCOLESTR pProgID =…
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How to Find COM object's dll path by ProgID?

How to Find COM object's dll path by ProgID? myCOMobject = CreateObject("SomeProgID") How to use myCOMobject to find the registered COM Server's dll path?
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Error : No method available to convert ProgID to CLSID

I am using OPC Labs QuickOPC 5.31 in VB.NET application to read the OPC tags from the Top server. The application and the Top Server are located in different machine. DCOM is configured in both machine. I have used the ProgID…
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EnvDTE Visual Studio 2013 : get the progID?

I am trying to create a Visual Studio instance using : EnvDTE80.DTE2 dte2; dte2 = (EnvDTE80.DTE2)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("VisualStudio.DTE.12.0"); And I am always having the exception "Invalid Class String" so I…
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