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Resource Association options page

The Resources page of the Project browser gives you a view of a project's project_resources directory (on the file system).  If you set up an association between a file type and an executable, you can open files with that file type from the Resources page;  that is, you can open a file the sits outside the IDE (in the project_resources directory) from within the IDE. 

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Option Description
Resource Extension Enter a file extension (for example, "txt" or "html") and click Add.  This will add the extension to the table, where you can create the association.
Association table This table shows the file extensions and the executables they are associated with.  When you double-click on a resource file, or select Open from its popup menu, the executable listed will open the file.
Executable selection You can select to have an external application open the file, or to have an execuable class in the workspace open the file.  Select the option you want and click Browse to find the desired program or class.

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Resource files and directories

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Including resource files in a project