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Conference abbott::teamlinks_windows

Title:	TeamLinks for Windows
Notice:	Kit and ECO locations: See replies to note 8.o note 8.
Moderator:	ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::tamara::eppesAN

Created:	Mon Aug 28 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2238
Total number of notes:	9650

2117.0. "How to add automatic format detection" by VMSNET::J_COLBURN () Wed Apr 09 1997 21:59

    I have a customer that would like to have automatic format detection 
    added for some industry specific applications.  He wants to know how 
    to modify the sniffer to add these applications:

    Microcal Software company:

    Application is "Origin  Project"	tag type is OPJ
    Application is "Origin Template"	tag type is OPP

    also....

    Delta Point Co., application is Deltagraph and tag type DG3
	
    The customer is Roche BioSience and the are running Teamlinks V2.7
    on Windows 3.11, Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2117.1	TL Setup should help you	A1WS2::MANANA::Palmer		`Thu Apr 10 1997 13:33`	7
	Jan I think if they customer goes to TL Setup File Formats they can add the new format. They can also use TL Setup Associations to associate the file tag with a Viewer. Rick
2117.2	Which viewer?...	VMSNET::J_COLBURN		`Thu Apr 10 1997 15:08`	10
	Rick, There doesn't seem to be a viewer for these file types. I think what he is looking for is the ability to click on the attachment and have it launch the application automatically without having to select the association each time. Debbie G. says she doesn't know that he's going to be able to do this without someone doing some customizations but she says to run it by you. Thanks. Jan
2117.3	More INFO Please	A1WS2::MANANA::Palmer		`Fri Apr 11 1997 14:35`	11
	Jan When I said viewer I meant an application that will read the files. You mentioned they are asked to associate every time a file is read. What is the file type assigned to the attachment when it is received. You can find this from the INFOMAN File-->Attributes. If there is a valid file type they can associate it with the application and no more requests to associate. Rick
2117.4		XANADU::cascobay.zko.dec.com::TAMARA::STJEAN	Bob St.Jean	`Mon Apr 14 1997 18:12`	20
	If you simply define the format tags in TLSETUP then that might be all you have to do. Use the file extension as the tag. TL 2.7, and TL 3.0 for that matter, cannot auto-detect these file types. But these extensions look pretty unique, so it will be able to revert to file extension mapping. The user will be confirmed during attach and import operations. If these applications have made the proper entries in the Windows Registry (Reg.dat), then you do not need any TL File Associations to get a simple launch. Depending on the server you use, you might have to also define these formats there as well. ALL-IN-1 and the 2 MailWorks servers are all different. If you want TL to come preconfigured with these format tags and to have the ablity to auto-detect them, then submit a suggestion to product management. These are not very well known applications.