Open With Dialog Box

You can open a document in one or more editors by selecting Open With from the View menu or by right-clicking a document in the Project Explorer and selecting Open With from the context menu.

Select a program to open

Lists the editors available for the selected file type. Select the editor from the list with which to open the document, or choose Add to add a new browser to the list.

Open

Choose Open to open the document in the selected editor.

Add

Use this button to add an editor to the Select a program to open list. You can type either the path to the program in the Program Name field or browse to the program's location by clicking the Browse button. Type a name associated with the program in the Friendly Name field that will appear in the Browse List list.

Remove

To remove a program, select the program and select Remove.

Set as Default

To specify a default editor (and language encoding options, if applicable) for the selected file type, select a program from the Select a program to open list and choose Set as Default. The next time you open the document, the document will open in the new default editor.

Note   The default editor for the target file type is followed by (Default) in the Select a program to open pane.