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System Integrator 5 - File Associations
To test the file association
1.&n=
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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 Manua=
lly Creating
a File Association below).
![](3D"KB-FileAssociations_files/image017.gif")
2.&n= bsp; Select Open and the file should open in SI T= ext. If the file does not open then the association is not correct.
Verify that the file association is correct
3.&n= bsp; In Windows Explorer select the Tools->Folder Options menu.
4.&n= bsp; On the Folder Options dialog select the File= Types tab.
5.&n=
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Scroll down the Registered file types list to the DTL entry and select it.
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6.&n=
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Click on the Advanced button to display the Edit
File Type dialog.
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7.&n= bsp; Select Open in the Actions list and click = on the Edit button.
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8.&n= bsp; Verify that the following values are set as follows:
a.&n= bsp; Action =3D &Open
b.
Application used to perform action =3D "C:\Program
Files\D-Tools\SI 5\DToolsText.exe" "%1"
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; i. &nb= sp; Verify that the path to DToolsText.exe is correct
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; ii. &n= bsp; Verify that the path is enclosed in double quotes
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iii. &= nbsp; Verify that there is a space between the path and the %1
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; iv. &n= bsp; Verify that the %1 is enclosed in double quo= tes
Manually Creating a File Associati= on
1.&n= bsp; In Windows Explorer select the Tools->Folder Options menu.
2.&n=
bsp;
On the Folder
Options dialog select the File=
Types
tab.
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3.&n=
bsp;
Click on the New button and enter D=
TL
in the File Extension field. C=
lick OK to return to the Folder Options dialog.
![](3D"KB-FileAssociations_files/image022.gif")
4.&n=
bsp;
Click on the Advance button to open the Edit
File Type dialog.
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5.&n= bsp; 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.&n= bsp; Enter &Open in the Action field and click = on the Browse… button and brows= e to the Program Files\D-Tools\SI 5 fol= der and select the DToolsText.exe = file.
7.&n= bsp; Click OK to close the New Action dialog and OK again to close the = Edit File Type dialog.
LANSync User= s
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.
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