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| File Associations</H1> |
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| On the |
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| <strong>General > Editors > File Associations</strong></a> |
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| preference page, you can add or remove file |
| types recognized by the Workbench. You can also associate |
| editors with file types in the file types list.</p> |
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| File types list</h2> |
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| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new file or file type |
| (extension) to the predefined list. In the resulting New File Type dialog, |
| type the name of a file or a file extension. If you are adding a file extension, |
| you must type either a dot or a "*." before the file type (e.g., |
| ".xml" or "*.xml" as opposed to simply "xml").</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"><strong> Remove</strong>: Removes the selected file |
| type from the list</LI> |
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| <p>Dialog to create a new file type:</p> |
| <p><img src="../images/Image201_filetype.png" alt="New file type dialog" border="0" ></p> |
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| Associated editors list</h2> |
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| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new editor to the |
| list of editors associated with the file type selected above. In the resulting |
| Editor Selection dialog, you can choose an editor to launch either inside |
| the Workbench (internal) or outside the Workbench (external); click <b>Browse</b> |
| to locate an editor yourself if the editor you want is not displayed in |
| the list.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Remove</strong>: Removes the association between |
| an editor and the file type selected above.<strong> Note:</strong> Any editor |
| that is bound by content type may not be removed from this list. Currently, |
| there is no mechanism available to remove these editors.</LI> |
| <LI CLASS="Item"> <strong>Default</strong>: Sets the selected editor |
| as the default editor for the file type selected above. The editor moves |
| to the top of the Associated Editors list to indicate that it is the default |
| editor for that file type.</LI> |
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| <P>Dialog to create a new file association: |
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| <P><img src="../images/Image202_editorsel.png" alt="Editor Selection dialog" border="0" > |
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| <P>Here is what the File Associations preference page looks like: |
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| <P><img src="../images/Image221_pref_fe.png" alt="File associations preference page" border="0" > |
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