Original post:
> We are running Openwin 3.0, and I have some users that want to be able to
> double click on a file (in filemanager), and launch the application that
> created it.
> EG: Currently, you can double click on a .gif file, and snapshot will launch
> and load that file, this association is apparently built into Openwin, I want
> to be able to creat my own associations.
>
> We have a CAD program that creates files that end in ".job". I want to be
> able to double click on a file that ends in .job, and launch the CAD program.
>
> This should be very simple, but I can't find anything that relates to it.
> I suppose that I could be looking it up under the wrong terminolgy or such.
>
It is obvious that I was looking under the wrong terminology. I was looking for
"association", "program links", etc.
The overwhelming (and, apparently, only) answer is:
The "binder" program that is included with OpenWindows.
There is apparently an AnswerBook entry for this:
> The info is under the Answerbook:
> Developer's Set -> Openwindows Set -> Desktop Integration -> Classing Engine.
But there appears to be some problems:
> The icon binder in Openwindows 3.0 seems to be hopelessly broken, so the
> command to use to set up the binding is ce_db_build.
>
> Kelly
(I'm not sure I understand this, but I will look into it)
And...
> What you want is "binder". As with all Sun software there are
> many patches for this to make it work such as
>
> 100444-55
> 100451-62
> 100452-56
> 100462-27
> 100493-4
> 100523-15
> 100524-6
>
> Just love the revision numbers on some of those !
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim Griffin
> Systems Consultant
I am not running any of these patches, but I will try binder anyway.
I will set it up sometime in the next day or two. But with this many same
answers, this must be it.
This is a list of those that responded. Thanks to all. One person thought that
this was an inapproperate message for this forum. If so, I appoligize.
bownes@lucas.emi.com (Bownes)
mulara88@matrix.newpaltz.edu (james mularadelis)
Claus Assmann <ca@informatik.uni-kiel.de>
peter@jrc.nl (Peter Watkins)
tkevans@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Tim Evans)
mfreeman@mth.kcl.ac.uk (Mike Freeman)
wayne.sibley@aea.orgn.uk (Wayne Sibley 233/A32 x2230)
tiberiom@hmc.harvard.edu (Mike Tiberio)
johnh@jrc.flinders.edu.au (John Hammersmith)
"Kelly G. Price" <Kelly.Price@Eng.Auburn.EDU>
coez@tet.uni-hannover.de (Cengiz Oezcan-Barlach)
Tim.Griffin@fw.gs.com (Tim Griffin - Systems Admin)
tate_j@deboom.portal.com (Jeff Tate X2789)
fgreco@lehman.com (Frank Greco)
Ted Nolan SRI Ft Gordon <ted@ags.ga.erg.sri.com>
Mr T Crummey (DIJ) <tom@sees.bangor.ac.uk>
akkemp@fmlrnd.co.uk
whiteg@panther.acc1912.af.mil (Gary A White)
"Derrick J. Brashear" <db74+@andrew.cmu.edu>
adettric@citec.qld.gov.au (Alan Dettrick)
rae@nvg_troy.nvg.com (James Rae)
blymn@awadi.com.AU (Brett Lymn)
"Jonathan B. Horen" <horen@applicom.co.il>
Jeffrey Kaiserman - Capreq Dev <Jeffrey.Kaiserman@fw.gs.com>
nlf@aluxpo.att.com (Nelson Fernandez)
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