D-Tools Knowledge Base Article

8/15/2007

System Integrator 5 - File Associations

To test the file association

1.
Browse to a DTL file in Windows Explorer and
right–click on it. You should see the Open menu. If you don’t see the Open menu then there is no
file association for DTL files (see Manually Creating
a File Association below).

2.
Select Open and the file should open in SI Text.
If the file does not open then the association is not correct.

Verify that the file association is correct

3.
In Windows Explorer select the Tools->Folder Options menu.

4.
On the Folder
Options dialog select the File Types
tab.

5.
Scroll down the Registered file types list to the DTL entry and select it.

6.
Click on the Advanced button to display the Edit
File Type dialog.

7.
Select Open
in the Actions list and click on the
Edit button.

8.
Verify that the following values are set as
follows:

a.
Action = &Open

b.
Application used to perform action  = "C:\Program
Files\D-Tools\SI 5\DToolsText.exe" "%1"

i.
Verify that the path to DToolsText.exe is
correct

ii.
Verify that the path is enclosed in double
quotes

iii.
Verify that there is a space between the path
and the %1

iv.
Verify that the %1 is enclosed in double quotes

Manually Creating a File Association

1.

2.
On the Folder
Options dialog select the File Types
tab.

3.
Click on the New button and enter DTL
in the File Extension field. Click OK to return to the Folder Options dialog.

4.
Click on the Advance button to open the Edit
File Type dialog.

5.
Enter D-Tools
Project File in the field at the top of the Edit File Type dialog and then click on the New… button.

6.
Enter &Open
in the Action field and click on the
Browse… button and browse to the
Program Files\D-Tools\SI 5 folder
and select the DToolsText.exe file.

7.
Click OK
to close the New Action dialog and OK again to close the Edit
File Type dialog.

LANSync Users

If you are using LANSync, you may not have all of the
project files on your local machine. Make sure that the project file exists
locally by using the Get Latest menu item in Navigator.