Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Assembling an Installation
Note
The Description and Icon fields are associated with the ProgID, not the extension.
If no ProgID is specified, those fields are unavailable.
3. Click OK.
Adding Command Verbs
Use the Command Verbs tab to determine which actions are available when the end user
right-clicks a file with your file association in Windows Explorer. The actions appear in
the end user’s right-click menu in the same order that you set here.
To add a command verb
1. Click the Command Verbs tab on the File Associations Details dialog box.
See
Adding File Associations
on page 154.
2. Click Add to add a new action or double-click an action.
The Verb Details dialog box appears.
3. Complete the dialog box:
Verb
Enter or select the action to be performed when the end user selects the
corresponding command from the right-click menu.
Command
Enter the command as it should appear on the right-click menu.
This entry is added to the text strings on the Languages page and can be
localized.
See
About the Languages Page
on page 266.
Argument
Enter command-line options that will be passed to the executable file when the
action is performed. The default (%1) is a Windows variable that holds the path
of the file that was opened.
4. Click OK.
Selecting MIME Types
Use the MIME Types tab to select the MIME types to associate with your extension.
To select MIME types
1. Click the MIME Types tab on the File Associations Details dialog box.
See
Adding File Associations
on page 154.
2. Complete the dialog box:
Show All
Mark this to display all available MIME types on your computer. To associate a
MIME type with an extension, click its check box. If you are an experienced
Windows Installer developer, you can add MIME types using the MIME table in
Setup Editor.
