Magnet Link with .NET and WPF

Question

I'm just looking for a sample project to get an idea for how I should implement my application.

Just like in torrent files, I want to open and fire an event in a WPF application via a Website link. How do I do this ?

Answer 1

OK. Here is how I solved it.

1. I'm adding the registry key to register custom URL Scheme first

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KA] @="URL:KA Protocol" "URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KA\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KA\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KA\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\Users\me\Desktop\myapp\myapp.exe\" \"%1\""

2. Typing KA://myargument in Internet Explorer to try to process myapp.exe

3. Handling in my WPF app as this in App.cs

   public partial class App : Application
   {
       void App_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
       {
           for (int i = 0; i != e.Args.Length; ++i)
           {
               if (e.Args[i].StartsWith("ka:"))
               {
                   int index = e.Args[i].IndexOf(':') +1;
                   string argg= e.Args[i].Substring(index, e.Args[i].Length - index); // handling argument here
   
               }
           }
   
           Shell mainWindow = new Container();
           mainWindow.Show();
       }
   }