Adding New File Types

The following REXX batch file presents a fully supported method of adding types. It creates a new program reference plus the types associated with that program reference. If the specified types don't exist then they are added to OS2.INI. Afterwards, delete the program reference and the types will remain.

/* */
call RxFuncAdd "SysLoadFuncs", "RexxUtil", "SysLoadFuncs"
call SysLoadFuncs
call SysCreateObject "WPProgram", "Title", "<WP_DESKTOP>",
                     "EXENAME=EPM.EXE;ASSOCTYPE=Type 1, Type 2, Type 3,,"

Note that the call to SysCreateObject should only exist on one line in the batch file, not on 2 lines as shown above. The two commas after the "Type 3" are intentional.