Determining Extension Settings; Adding Command Verbs - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION EXPRESS V1.0 Installation Manual

Determining Extension Settings

Adding Command Verbs

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4. Click Browse to select the executable to use for the extension. You can only select
executables that you have already added to the installation.
5. From Extension, select the extension to use. This list shows all available extensions
on your computer.
6. Click OK.
All relevant information for the extension you select is imported into the Extension
Details, Command Verbs, and MIME Types tabs. To edit those tabs, double-click the file
association name.
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Use the Extension Details tab to determine file association settings.
To determine file association settings
1. Click the Extension Details tab on the File Associations Details dialog box.
See Adding File Associations
2. Complete the dialog box:
Executable File
Specify the executable to use for the extension. You can only select an
executable that is in the installation.
Extension
Enter an extension. Do not include the period.
ProgID
Enter or select the program ID for the executable. This list contains the ProgIDs
defined in this installation and the ProgIDs detected for the executable you
specified above.
Description
Enter the type of file. The end user sees this description on the Properties dialog
box for files of this type.
Icon
Click Change Icon and specify an icon. This icon will be displayed on files of this
type on the destination computer.
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.
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.
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