Associating file extensions

This action allows you to create file associations for Windows, defining commands such as "open" for a given file extension.

Properties:

• icon: Path to the icon file that contains the icon to display.
• friendlyName: Friendly Name for the progID.
• commandList: List of commands that can be invoked on each given file type.
• extensions: Space-separated list of extensions for which the given commands will be available.
• progID: Programmatic Identifier to which the extensions are attached, contains the available commands to be invoked on each file type.
• mimeType: MIME type associated to all the file extensions.

<associateWindowsFileExtension>
    <extensions>.ext</extensions>
    <progID>mycompany.package</progID>
    <icon>${installdir}\images\myicon.ico</icon>
    <mimeType>example/mycompany-package-ext</mimeType>
    <commandList>
        <!-- Defining the "open" command -->
        <command>
            <verb>open</verb>
            <runProgram>${installdir}\yourprogram.exe</runProgram>
            <runProgramArguments>"%1"</runProgramArguments>
        </command>
    </commandList>
</associateWindowsFileExtension>

• %1 : is replaced by the short name of the file being executed
• %L : is replaced by the long name
• %* : is replaced by the name of any arguments to the file