#include "asctlpch.h" #include "comcat.h" // Helper function to create a component category and associated description HRESULT CreateComponentCategory(CATID catid, WCHAR* catDescription) { ICatRegister* pcr = NULL ; HRESULT hr = S_OK ; hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_StdComponentCategoriesMgr, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_ICatRegister, (void**)&pcr); if (FAILED(hr)) return hr; // Make sure the HKCR\Component Categories\{..catid...} // key is registered CATEGORYINFO catinfo; catinfo.catid = catid; catinfo.lcid = 0x0409 ; // english // Make sure the provided description is not too long. // Only copy the first 127 characters if it is int len = wcslen(catDescription); if (len>127) len = 127; wcsncpy(catinfo.szDescription, catDescription, len); // Make sure the description is null terminated catinfo.szDescription[len] = '\0'; hr = pcr->RegisterCategories(1, &catinfo); pcr->Release(); return hr; } // Helper function to register a CLSID as belonging to a component category HRESULT RegisterCLSIDInCategory(REFCLSID clsid, CATID catid) { // Register your component categories information. ICatRegister* pcr = NULL ; HRESULT hr = S_OK ; hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_StdComponentCategoriesMgr, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_ICatRegister, (void**)&pcr); if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { // Register this category as being "implemented" by // the class. CATID rgcatid[1] ; rgcatid[0] = catid; hr = pcr->RegisterClassImplCategories(clsid, 1, rgcatid); } if (pcr != NULL) pcr->Release(); return hr; } // Helper function to unregister a CLSID as belonging to a component category HRESULT UnRegisterCLSIDInCategory(REFCLSID clsid, CATID catid) { ICatRegister* pcr = NULL ; HRESULT hr = S_OK ; hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_StdComponentCategoriesMgr, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_ICatRegister, (void**)&pcr); if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) { // Unregister this category as being "implemented" by // the class. CATID rgcatid[1] ; rgcatid[0] = catid; hr = pcr->UnRegisterClassImplCategories(clsid, 1, rgcatid); } if (pcr != NULL) pcr->Release(); return hr; }