CATHELP.CPP

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// CatHelp.Cpp
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// Copyright 1995 - 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
//
// THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
// ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
// THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
// PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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//
// contains the Component Category helper functions.
//

#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;
}