Data files usually have a type. You can set a file's types
explicitly on the "Type" page in the file's
properties notebook.
In addition, data files frequently have &link_progobjs; associated with them. This allows you to simply double-click on a data file to have the associated program opened with the data file already loaded, or to select a program from the data file's "Open" submenu in its &popmenu;.
If the data file does not have a type assigned (neither explicitly nor
automatically), &os2; associates it with the
You can configure &xwp;'s file types and associations on the "File types"
page in the "Workplace Shell" object.
See Types and associations for an
introduction to associations between data files and programs.
You can change the associations between a program and data files on the
"Associations" page of a program's properties notebook.
For related information, select from the list below: