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IsEntryPointRegistered not working
From: "casey chesnut" <casey@MORE_SPAMbrains-N-brawn.com>
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Subject: Re: IsEntryPointRegistered not working
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:31:57 -0500
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i like that ...
but i'm assuming it could be sidestepped with an ActiveX control checking
the registry?
Thanks,
casey
"Michael Creasy [MSFT]" <mcre...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:evtx%23MraFHA.1152@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Only a registred app can tell if an entrypoint is registered and only an
> entrypoint it owns. This is to prevent Company A seeing if Company B's
> software is installed on your system.
>
> --
> Michael Creasy [MSFT] - http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "casey chesnut" <casey@MORE_SPAMbrains-N-brawn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23JwSZzeaFHA.3184@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> it actually just worked a second ago.
>> it seems to work from 'More Programs', but not from a MCL file?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> casey
>> http://www.brains-N-brawn.com
>>
>>
>> "casey chesnut" <casey@MORE_SPAMbrains-N-brawn.com> wrote in message
>> news:Oxwr$8daFHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> this is basically straight from the SDK sample NewsMain.htm
>>> i'm registering my Hosted HTML like this :
>>>
>>> var sXMLString = "<application title='brains-N-brawn.com'
>>> companyname='brains-N-brawn LLC'
>>> id='{A3CC7DED-E765-488d-A607-1AD5AD9BF570}'><entrypoint
>>> id='{A3CC7DED-E765-488d-A607-1AD5AD9BF571}'
>>> url='http://www.brains-N-brawn.com/' title='brains-N-brawn.com'
>>> description='brains-N-brawn.com'
>>> ImageUrl='http://www.brains-N-brawn.com/bNbLogoMce.PNG'><category
>>> category='More Programs'/></entrypoint></application>";
>>> window.external.MediaCenter.RegisterApplication(sXMLString, false,
>>> true);
>>>
>>> then in pageLoadFunctions it calls checkRegistered :
>>>
>>> var bIsRegistered =
>>> window.external.MediaCenter.IsEntryPointRegistered('{A3CC7DED-E765-488d-A607-1AD5AD9BF571}');
>>>
>>> the problem is that bIsRegistered always returns false?
>>> but if i try to re-register then i get an error dialog saying its
>>> already registered ...
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> casey
>>>
>>>
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