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Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization
5.3
C
REATING FILE ASSOCIATIONS
File associations allow the appropriate viewer or editor application for a given file type to be
automatically launched when the user double-clicks on a document in the Windows shell. For
example, the
.doc
file extension might automatically launch a virtualized word processing
application.
To create a file association:
•
In
Setup
, Click on the
ProgIds
node and click
Add ProgId
.
•
Enter a ProgId and Description in the
Create ProgId
dialog. File associations naming
generally follows the convention
[Company Name].[Product Name].[Version]
.
•
In the new ProgId, click
Add Extension
and enter an Extension and an optional MIME
Type.
•
In the new file extension, click
Add Verb
and enter a Verb, Command, and choose the
Inherit behavior and Default.
Some common verbs are
open
,
edit
,
, and
view
. The
Verb
that is entered will be the text that
is displayed when the user right-clicks on the file. When
Inherit
is checked, the behavior of the
Verb
will be controlled by the setup information in the virtual environment. When
Inherit
is
unchecked, a
Target Startup File
and
Arguments
will need to be entered manually. The
Arguments
field should contain
"%1"
which is the full path to the file. When
Default
is
checked, the
Verb
will be automatically executed when the file is double-clicked.
File association properties may be modified or deleted by selecting the appropriate
ProgId
in
the
Setup
tree view and modifying the settings as appropriate.