ASSOCTABLE Statement

The ASSOCTABLE statement defines the extended attributes (EA) for an application.

The ASSOCTABLE statement has the form:

 ────ASSOCTABLE──assoctableid────────────────


 ────BEGIN───────────────────────────────────


    ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
                                           │
 ───assocname,extensions─┬──────┬─,──┬────┬┴─
                          └─flags┘    └icon┘

 ────END───

The source for the ASSOCTABLE description is contained in the resource file for a particular project:

ASSOCTABLE assoctableid
BEGIN
"association name", "extension", flags, icon filename
"association name", "extension", flags, icon filename
 ...
END

association name

Program recognizes data files of this EA TYPE. This is the same name found in the TYPE field of data files.
assoctableid
A name or number used to identify the assoctable resource.
extension
3 letter file extension that is used to identify files of this type if they have no EA TYPE entry. (This may be empty.)
flags

EAF_DEFAULTOWNER

The default application for the file.
EAF_UNCHANGEABLE
This flag is set if the entry in the ASSOCTABLE is not to be edited.
EAF_REUSEICON
This flag is specified if a previously defined icon in the ASSOCTABLE is to be reused. Entries with this flag set have no icon data defined. The icon used for this entry is the icon used for the previous entry (see below). Note that EAF_* flags may be ORed together when specified in the ASSOCTABLE.
icon filename
Filename of the icon used to represent this file type. (This may be empty.)

Example

ASSOCTABLE 3000BEGIN
"Product XYZ Spreadsheet", "xys", EAF_DEFAULTOWNER, xyzspr.ico
"Product XYZ Chart", "xyc", EAF_DEFAULTOWNER | EAF_REUSEICON
END

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