This is a good idea. I'll add it to the feature list for future installers.
I'm sorry it couldn't have been done for R6, though. Thanks for your
suggestions!
Rgds,
Jun-Kiat Lam
Metrowerks Technical Support
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Jay Weiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: Minor file association suggestion for CW6
> On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 13:41:27 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >I received the full version of CW6 in the mail on Friday. During the
> >installation, it nicely asked me what file type associations I'd like the
> >installer to make and presented me with three choices: none, CW specific
> >types only, or everything. I opted not to have it install all
association
> >so I can still use my external editor for .cpp and .h files. I chose the
> >middle ground but ran into one hitch. The middle option doesn't include
the
> >association for ".rsrc" files. Double clicking on a resource file in the
> >project window did nothing (not even an error) until I manually added the
> >association of resource files to the constructor application.
> >
> >Is the ".rsrc" extension a "standard" extension? Maybe it's not and
should
> >be included with the group of "CW specific" extensions? Then again,
maybe
> >it is standard. It the later case, could the IDE tell you there's no
> >association?
> >
> >-Paul
>
>
> Better yet, why not just put up a check-box and allow *me* to decide what
> associations it should make?
> This should be an IDE configuration option too, so I can later go in and
add new
> associations or remove existing ones.
>
> I also would like the ability to associate additional right-click options
> instead of just the "open" double-click associations.
> These would be things like "edit in CodeWarrior" for things like .txt
files -
> these options show up when you right-click on a file name.
>
> For an example of this, you can manually set it up:
> 1) go to Windows Explorer
> 2) menu View | Folder Options
> 3) click on File Types
> 4) scroll down to "Text Document"
> 5) click on "Edit"
> 6) click on "New"
> 7) enter "edit in CodeWarrior" in the Action field, put in:
> 8) in the Application field put in: "C:\CWWPalm\bin\IDE.EXE" "%1"
> ---> each part is surrounded by quotes
> ---> the first part is the fully-qualified path to your IDE
> (my CW is installed in C:\CWWPalm)
> ---> the second is simply "%1" (with the quotes)
> ---> there is a space separating the two parts
> 9) click "ok" (in the New Action dialog)
> 10 ) click "ok" (in the Edit File Type dialog)
> 11) click "Close" (in the Folder Options dialog)
>
> Now when you right-click on a .TXT file you'll see "edit in CodeWarrior"
as one
> of the options.
> I find this very convenient, as I have several IDE tools on my machines,
and
> it's annoying to click on a source file and have the wrong IDE start up...
>
> I'd like it if there were an IDE configuration option that said something
like:
>
> Associate the following files with CodeWarrior:
> [ ] .txt [ ] make CodeWarrior the default editor for .txt files
> [ ] .c [ ] make CodeWarrior the default editor for .c files
> [ ] .cpp [ ] make CodeWarrior the default editor for .cpp files
> etc...
>
> checking the first box gets the above style "edit in CodeWarrior"
right-click
> option.
> checking the second box gets that, plus makes it the default action
(default
> action is what happens when you double-click the file in explorer)
>
>
> - Al -
> --
> -- Alan Weiner -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.ajw.com
>
>
>
