Suggestion: Custom file associaton for file links.

[Priit N]

Hi, when opening files directly from ToDoList, then in some cases we don't want to open them with the default program from windows file association. Like when opening bat or html files, I wan't to edit them in a text editor not to execute or render them.
So my wish is a little like in this topic https://groups.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/abstractspoon-todolist-support/feature-requests/K1q7603KYe8 but a little bit more advanced. It would be mind blowing if we could assign custom programs by file extension. Before opening a file ToDoList could check the "file associaton list" and if there is a match it would open the file with the custom program. If there are multiple programs available, TDL would open with the program which comes first in the list, but in a context menu it would display both programs and maybe an option "Open with Windows default program".

File associations could be just a simple list, example:
jpg;png;gif>..\irfanview\irfanview.exe
jpg;png;gif>"C:\Program Files\Photoshop\Photoshop.exe"
bat;html>..\notepad++\notepad++.exe

I hope it makes sense :)

[.dan.g.]

Does Total Commander give you functionality like this?

[Hotmail]

               > Does Total Commander give you functionality like this?

 

I’m not sure if TC supports it directly, but there is an additional tool (year 2008):

 

Download: http://totalcmd.net/plugring/OpenFileTC.html

Discussion: http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=10026&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=3fe568dc92cc99bf42fd0856ce96ef67

[Priit N]

Yes, Total Commander and XYplorer both support custom file association.

[.dan.g.]

In that case, the most I will do for TDL is allow all links to be sent to such a 3rd-party app.

And not before 7.2 only because we are too late in the development cycle for 7.1.

[Priit N]

Folder links and file links both optional, that will do just fine.