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Chapter 24: View Reference
Configure the Target System View
Table 24-30: File Extension Settings (cont.)
Setting Description
Arguments Enter any command-line arguments that you want to pass to your product when a file of
this type is opened. You can use %1 in your argument to pass the currently selected file
name as part of the argument. For example, -p %1 might be resolved to -p
C:\MyFile.ext.
ProgID Enter the progID of the product with which you are associating the file extension.
ProgID Description This description is registered as the default value for the ProgID in the target system’s
registry.
Icon To specify the icon that you want to use for files of this type, use the following settings:
Environment Variables View
• Icon—Click the ellipsis button (...) in this setting if you want to browse to the .ico
file or the .exe file that contains the icon resource.
InstallShield lists the icon path and index in this setting if you do either of the
following: you select a file by browsing for it, or you manually enter a path and file
name in the Icon File setting.
• Icon File—If you want to manually specify the path and name of the file that
contains the icon, enter it.
• Icon Index—If the icon file that you specify contains more than one icon resource,
enter the index in this setting.
A nonnegative integer refers to the order of the icon resources in the executable
file. For example, 0 refers to the first icon in the file, 1 refers to the second icon,
and 2 refers to the third icon.
Use a negative number to refer to a specific resource ID. For example, the icon
index -12 points to the icon with a resource ID of 12.
Environment variables are name and value pairs that can be set on the target system with your
installation program and can be accessed by your application and by other running programs.
Using InstallShield, you can create, set (or modify), and remove environment variables on the target
system via your installation program. To specify environment variable properties, go to the
Environment Variables view in the View List.
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