Also, if your system already opens .xls files with the correct program
outside of RDp then opening with "System Editor" will ask your OS which
editor to open with. I suspect this is already the default, as you
mentioned that the Excel icon was already being shown. If this is the
case, you should be able to just double-click on it.
Note that Eclipse will try to open the editor in place (rather than
outside of Eclipse) if possible -- if you don't like that turn off "Allow
in-place system editors" in Preferences > General > Editors.
Rick Sawyer
Rational Developer for Power
IBM Software Group, Rational
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From: Ken Killian <kkillian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 05/01/2013 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Opening an Excel worksheet on the IFS...
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Robert,
>Windows>Preferences>General>Editors>File Associations
Add an extension type, if it does NOT exist, like "*.XLS"
Then pick an External Program: Microsoft Excel.
Mark it has the default. (Select & click the Default button)
Hope these short instructions help you out.
-Ken Killian-
(423) 510-3129
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[[5]mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Rogerson
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To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Opening an Excel worksheet on the IFS...
Hi All, I'm using RDp 8.5.1.
I expand the IFS directory and get to a spreadsheet I want to open. The
icon displayed to the left of the name is the Excel icon.
I right click and Open With and the options are Text Editor, System
Editor, Default Editor and Other... I then select Other... and a window
pops up with all the file associations on my PC. (At least I think
that's
what I see). I can then scroll down to Microsoft Excel Worksheet and
select it and the worksheet does correctly open in Excel.
I looked in preferences but I could not find how to either set a default
application for opening type .xls nor could I find a way to change the
context menu and add Excel to the Open With dialog.
Does anyone know how this can be done? As I said it does currently work
but I have to go through more steps than I wish.
Thanks,
Robert Rogerson
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