Associating file extensions with Epic

[ashah]

Hi,

I have a lot of editors who name their files according to their areas, so there will be files with extensions like .ccl, .it, etc.

I have tried to associate these various extensions with Epic 5.3 through Windows Explorer but when the file is double-clicked, the Epic error claims that the file does not exist or the folder structure cannot be found. We have recently upgraded to 5.3 from 5.1 and this was never a problem with 5.1.

Any suggestions welcomed.

Thanks,

Ali.

[ClayHelberg]

Hi Ali-



One thing to check is that you have quotes around the filename as it's
passed to the command to start Arbortext. If you have paths with spaces
in them (e.g. "My Documents"), sometimes commands get confused and thing
you're passing two separate parameters: "C:\My" and
"Documents\folder\file.xml" instead of one "C:\My
Documents\folder\file.xml".



--Clay

[naglists]

Ali,
We set the XML file association explicitly in a batch file we use to launch
Editor (because Microsoft updates have a habit of reassociating .xml with
MSIE). Here are the commands we use:

assoc .xml=xmlfile
ftype xmlfile="C:\Program Files\Arbortext\Editor53\bin\epic.exe" "%1"

The value to the right of the "=" is what needs to show up as the opening
application in the Folder Options / Type dialog if you are setting it
through Folder Options. Especially if you are setting up a bunch of
extensions on a bunch of machines, running this from a batch file is going
to make it much, much easier.

[ashah]

Thanks guys, I used the "C:\Program Files\Arbortext\Editor53\bin\epic.exe" "%1" path through Folder Options and that seemed to do the trick. A lot of editors have a lot to thank you for!

Ali.