graphics\overbutt.gifAdding file associations

You can add a MIME type file association to your system. When you add a file association, you specify a description and category for the MIME type, so that the definition is easy to find in the tree view of the MIME Editor. You define the MIME type by setting the file extensions (filename patterns), and the application you want to use to open files with the file extension you specify. You can also choose the icon you want to be associated with file that have the specified file extensions.

To add a file association

1. Click Application Starter, Applications, System, MIME Editor.

2. Click the Add New Association button.

3. Type the name of the MIME type in the MIME Type Description box.

4. Type the category and subcategory of the MIME type in the Category/Subcategory box.

5. Type the file extension you want to associate with the MIME type in the File Name Pattern box.

6. From the Associated Application box, choose the application that you want when you open files with the specified extensions.

7. Enable one of the following buttons:

To change the icon assigned to a new file association

1. Follow steps 1 and 2 from the previous procedure.

2. Click the Change Icon button.

3. Choose an icon from the Change Icon dialog box, and click OK.