Oh I agree completely my computer is fine and so is the office. It is the ones outside that the user has control of.
However when the user uses another program and HE/SHE decides along WITH this new and Great program and CHANGE ALL file associations or just let’s say your .rmd to open now with ITunes! Now you get an error and a phone call that YOUR program does not work worth a ……. And then you have to explain to this ALL knowing person that THEY goofed it up and ……… Try using .mac in RBase (verses .rmd .cmd .dat) and then load ITunes. Really cool things happen. I suppose the best way is check file association and then send an error message first. Just need to know how to check the OS’s file associations and build a list of known programs and alert the user if it was changed and perhaps they need to reset the file association or contact the programmer to update the program list. One idea I got so far. Sounds a bit painful but could be done. Sincerely, Paul Dewey From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Davidson Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:39 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Launch and file association Associating file type to editor of choice works for me (e.g., *.txt opens with notepad++, *.rmd with RBEditor, etc…). -Brad From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul InterlockInfo Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:22 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Launch and file association Is it me or am I getting a lot of users that are using Off the Wall applications and then call me when the launch command fails? I am asking is there a way to tell a file to launch and use this file extension verses another. For example you may have several ways to open a txt file but you want them to always open it using ‘Open Office’ not any other text editor. ‘Click on any file in Explorer > Right Click on a file > Open With’ you then get to choose between your app’s. Sincerely, Paul D Or is it possible to have Windows OS send a troll via cyberspace to stop the persons fingers from doing these things. <lol - just kidding!>
