Program Associations

Warren H. Minix (minix@inet.net)
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:58:50 -0500

James,
Two questions the first is that I have noticed that some of the app
identifications in INI files for file extensions do not seem to corresponds
to either the DOS filename or the Geos label. Is there a lookup table
somewhere that references the executable?

The second one is that apparently Geos can identify applications that data
files are created with independent of extension. (Much like QuickView in
Win95). In particular the OgDraw program appears to use a .00x extension
(x being an integer value)
and is not implicitly identified in my config, yet the correct program will
launch and Draw appeared in the transfer window by merely placing a saved
file in the DOC directory on the b:\drive. I'm apparently missing
something and I just hate it when things seem to happen by magic.

Warren H. Minix
AES
PO Box 411
Rockland, DE 19732-0411
USA

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