The IDE categorizes all files by object type. Each object type has properties that determine how the IDE handles objects in that category.
For example, the IDE groups all files with .htm, .html, and .shtml extensions under the HTML Objects object type. All files of this object type are parsed as HTML files and can be opened in the Source Editor with HTML syntax highlighting. You can view these files in the IDE's designated web browser.
You can view all of your existing object types and their properties by choosing
Tools Options and
expanding IDE Configuration
System
Object
Types. You can select any object type to edit the following properties:
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When the IDE parses a file to identify its object type, it goes through the list of object types in the order in which it appears in the Option window until it finds a match. For example, since Ant scripts are also XML documents, the IDE treats them as XML documents unless the Ant Scripts object type appears before the XML Objects object type. Typically, it is best to leave the object types in their default order. However, you may need to change the order to make the IDE correctly handle your files. You can change the order of object type nodes by right-clicking the Object Types node in the Options window and choosing Change Order. |
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Displaying File Extensions
Filesystems Window Mounting a Filesystem |