Januk Aggarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sun, 13 Mar 2000 05:01:24 +0000:
> You've probably tried this, but have you tried deleting the
> association for .EML files? Just do what you would to change the
> .EML file type, but instead of editing it, delete it.
>
> Or you can try changing the .EML file type to open in TheBat.exe
> I'm not sure if that will work, but it might be worth a shot.
If I try to open a .EML file with thebat.exe, TB! opens an editor window
instead of a viewer window. The .EML file is shown as an attachment.
If I try to open the attachment, TB! recursively opens another editor
window which again shows the .EML file as an attachment. I can never
see the contents of the attachment even if it consists of plain ASCII
text!
Deleting Windows 98's .EML file association only delays my choice of
program for opening .EML files until the time I actually open one. It
does not provide me with additional choices.
I see the following choice of programs for opening .EML files:
(1) Outlook Express (ugly, but works)
(2) Notepad or other text viewer or editor (cannot handle
nested attachments)
(3) The Bat! (does not work!)
On my computer .MSG files are associated with Microsoft Exchange.
Nonetheless TB! opens them with its internal viewer which is what I
want. Therefore I suspect that TB! has a hard-coded internal file
association between .MSG files and its internal viewer that overrides
Windows 98's .MSG file associations. Unfortunately, TB! does not
provide a hard-coded or user-configurable file association between .EML
files and its internal viewer.
Unfortunately, TB!'s internal viewer cannot be called from the command
line thus making it impossible for the user to create a file association
between .EML files and TB!'s internal viewer with the Windows 98 file
association mechanism.
I suspect that the problem (of having to call Outlook Express from
within The Bat! to read some e-mail) can only be solved by modifying
TB!'s source code.
Uwe Brockmann, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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