Register Custom URL Protocol handler
In the following example we're going to create a simple url protocol (like mailto/http etc) handler, e.g.
<a href="test:123">Some Text</a>
First of all we need to create some registry entries in order to register our custom
protocol, we can do this programatically like this:
RegistryKey Key = Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey("test");
Key.CreateSubKey("DefaultIcon").SetValue("", "test.exe,1");
Key.SetValue("", "test:Protocol");
Key.SetValue("URL Protocol", "");
Key.CreateSubKey(@"shell\open\command").SetValue("", "test.exe %1");
Next we're going to create a very simple console application (test.exe) handling our request, we pass values
to the handler via command line - in this case the hyperlink passing the command line.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach (string s in args)
{
Console.WriteLine(s);
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
Once we click on the test:123 hyperlink in the first snippet, you will notice a console application popping
up - displaying the values passed to the protocol.
Note that browsers encode passed values differently, so make sure that you've tested your handler in multiple browsers.
Posted by - Christoff Truter
Date - 2010-06-28 20:34:01
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