Dialog box: Edit action
Here you can define or modify an action (verb) of a given file type.
Action (verb) Name of the action, e.g. 'open' or 'print'.
Action description Text shown in the context menu (right click menu) for this action. On non-English systems, this contains the translated text of the verb.
Command Command executed when this action is selected in the context menu. To pass the associated file to the launched program, you need to either use a command line parameter (%1 or "%1"), or use DDE.
Use DDE Windows should use DDE to pass the file name to the started program. This allows to open multiple files with a single program, e.g. WinWord.
DDE Message DDE-Command sent to the program to open the file. The command is usually passed in brackets. Example: [FileOpen("%1")]
DDE Application Name of the application used for the DDE connection, e.g. WinWord.
DDE Message when application is not running
Some applications use a different message when the program isn't running than if it is when the command is sent.
Example: If you choose 'Print' for Excel files, the 'not running' command would be [open("%1")][print()][quit()], which causes Excel to close after printing.
If Excel is already running, the command is [open("%1")][print()][close()], which closes only the printed document and leaves Excel open.
DDE Topic The DDE topic for the DDE connection. For most applications, this is set to 'System'.
OK Saves the current settings of this verb to the registry, and closes the dialog.
Cancel Closes the dialog without saving the changes you made.
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