RE: Associating file extensions w. XyWIN

[Dorothy Day DAY@xxxxxxxx]

Allan,

The changes you want can be made permanently in WIN.INI. There are lines there
already of the sort:

[Extensions] cal=C:\WINDOWS\calendar.exe ^.cal crd=C:\WINDOWS\cardfile.exe
^.crd trm=C:\WINDOWS\terminal.exe ^.trm txt=C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe ^.txt
ini=C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe ^.ini pcx=C:\WINDOWS\pbrush.exe ^.pcx
bmp=C:\WINDOWS\pbrush.exe ^.bmp wri=C:\WINDOWS\write.exe ^.wri
rec=C:\WINDOWS\recorder.exe ^.rec hlp=C:\WINDOWS\winhelp.exe ^.hlp

And others get added when you install other programs, such as:

doc=C:\WINWORD\winword.exe ^.doc dot=C:\WINWORD\winword.exe ^.dot
rtf=C:\WINWORD\winword.exe ^.rtf

Have you tried using this format in WIN.INI to associate the let extension with
xywin? i.e.

let=C:\XYWIN\xy.exe ^.let

Dorothy Day, Indiana University
Bitnet: DAY@IUBACS
Internet: day@xxxxxxxx
 >
>Using Windows 3.1 and the file manager, it is possible to associate a
>given file extension with a specific applications. e.g. *.txt files can
>be associated with the windows notepad, and when you double click on the
>file in file manger, notepad is activated with the clicked file opened
>and ready to read.
> >When I try to associate XYWIN (via xw.exe) to my letter text files (with
>the .let extension) double clicking activates xywin (but I get a request
>to logon). After I give my logon name (its something I don't have to do
>at all when I load xywin via program manager) the file I want to edit is
>not open.
> >For several reasons I won't go into (involving other windows
>applications that make use of the file manager associate function) I'd
>like to get Xywin to work just like window write and the notepad do in
>this regard.
> >Any suggestions?
> >Allan Needell, Dept. of Space History, Nat'l Air & Space Museum
>   Smithsonian Institution, MRC 311, Washington, DC 20560
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