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From: jmynatt@ragnarok (Jim Mynatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Improv Problem!
Keywords: workspace application path
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Date: 24 Apr 91 13:20:31 GMT
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In article <1991Apr23.181401.13855@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>  
francisr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Rob Francis) writes:
> In article <1493@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes:
> >In article <1991Apr16.195343.29691@rick.cs.ubc.ca>
> >	h5346866@rick.cs.ubc.ca (bradley don head) writes:
> >>                                          Here's the 
> >>strange part - if I "un-dock" Lotus Improv from my dock
> >>and re-dock it, then the workspace suddenly recognizes
> >>the Lotus file name extensions!
 
<cruft deleted>

> Anyway, another way to get around this is to add where Improv lives on
> your system to the Workspace Appplication Path.  You can do this with
> a 'dwrite command'.  The only trick is not leaving out what is already
> there.  a command like
> dwrite Workspace ApplicationPath /NextApps:/NextDeveloper:/Users/user/Apps:\
> /And/so/on/and/so/forth
> will write all the proper places to look for an application to start
> up an *.extention
> 
<more cruft>

in NextAnswers workspace.658:
Q:  What are the default search paths for the Workspace Manager and how can I  
modify the default?

Q:  How can I change the application that starts up when I double-click a  
particular file type?

A: When determining to what application a file belongs, the Workspace Manager  
searches in the following places in the order given:

	~/Apps:/LocalApps:/NextApps:/NextDeveloper/Apps:/NextAdmin:\
	/NextDeveloper/Demos

To modify the default search path, you can use the dwrite command in a shell to  
add to the defaults database:

	localhost> dwrite Workspace ApplicationPaths\
		~/Apps:/LocalApps:/NextApps:/NextDeveloper/Apps:\
		/NextAdmin:/NextDeveloper/Demos:~/MyApps

Note that each path should be separated by a colon.  Remember to include the  
default paths when adding new paths (if you still want to include them).

When you double-click a file and the application that starts up is not the  
application you intended to use to open that file, you can change the default  
application with the Inspector in the Workspace Manager.  Select a document of  
the type for which you want to change its default application (e.g.,  
"myFile.eps").  Choose Inspector from the Workspace Manager's Tools menu.  From  
the pop-up menu at the top of the Inspector panel, choose Tools.  The panel  
that is displayed shows all applications capable of opening that file.  Select  
the application you want to use to open the file and click the OK button.  Now,  
when you double-click a file of that type, it will start up that application.   
Of course, if you want to use another application to open that file, you can  
still first start up that application and open the file by choosing Open from  
its File menu (or equivalent).

See also QA97, QA309, QA480.