Bug 201595

Summary:	API to associate programs with a file type
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Matthew Hall <qualidafial>
Component:	SWT	Assignee:	Steve Northover <steve_northover>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	alex.blewitt, bpasero, sgunturi
Version:	3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Matthew Hall

2007-08-29 11:54:37 EDT

Please add API to the Program class for associating a program with a file extension.  This will allow SWT programs to include functionality such as the oft-seen "Do you want to make X the default program for opening Y files?" dialog.  

Possible APIs:

1) Program.associateProgram(programFilename, extension);
2) Program.createProgram(programName, programFilename).associateExtension(extension);

There might need to be a way of specifying whether to make the program the default handler for the file type.  On Windows XP, this is the difference between double-clicking a file (invokes the default handler) versus right clicking the file, and selecting a program under the "Open With" context menu.

Comment 1 Grant Gayed

2007-08-30 10:16:10 EDT

SN to consider.

Comment 2 Matthew Hall

2008-12-09 15:15:07 EST

Ping.

This is still something that would be very useful.  Currently to create file associations I have to deploy through JWS which is not always an option.

Any chance that some resources could be given to this issue?

Comment 3 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 15:33:17 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.