Opening MS-DOS documents using Macintosh PC Exchange (7/93)
Article Created: 7 July 1993
This article describes how to designate a specific Macintosh
application for opening MS-DOS documents by the extension following
its file name.
This article describes how to designate a specific Macintosh
application for opening MS-DOS documents by the extension following
its file name.
Double-clicking an MS-DOS or Windows file like you would a Macintosh
file at the Finder level usually doesn't result in the file opening.
This is because the document doesn't know which Macintosh application
to use. By using the PC Exchange control panel you can assign certain
MS-DOS files to certain applications. This is done in the PC Exchange
control panel window.
1) Open the PC Exchange control panel located in the Control Panel
folder in your System Folder.
2) Click on Add.
3) Type in a period and the three letter extension, for example .TXT.
4) Select which Macintosh application is to be assigned that file
type.
So that all members of a Network are consistent, make a master list of
assignments on one Macintosh and place a copy of the PC Exchange
Preferences folder in the Preferences folder of each licensed user of
Macintosh PC Exchange.
file at the Finder level usually doesn't result in the file opening.
This is because the document doesn't know which Macintosh application
to use. By using the PC Exchange control panel you can assign certain
MS-DOS files to certain applications. This is done in the PC Exchange
control panel window.
1) Open the PC Exchange control panel located in the Control Panel
folder in your System Folder.
2) Click on Add.
3) Type in a period and the three letter extension, for example .TXT.
4) Select which Macintosh application is to be assigned that file
type.
So that all members of a Network are consistent, make a master list of
assignments on one Macintosh and place a copy of the PC Exchange
Preferences folder in the Preferences folder of each licensed user of
Macintosh PC Exchange.