Re: manual file associations not working :(

From:

"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:58:55 GMT

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"tiewknvc9" <aotemp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1160717857.141818.131960@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

I have developed an application and I have even successfully installed
it on a users machine!

WIth this success, one of the remaining mysteries to me is how to
properly associate the file with the application. I wanted to simply
add a file type association in Windows XP through the "Open WIth"
feature.. Using this feature doesnt work......

When I click on an associated file, the "working directory" is set as
the current directory of the set file. I dont want this, I want to
continue having the "working directory" as the folder where the
application is installed (also having all of the neccessary jar files
in that directory for the app to run).

I feel that this should be an easy thing to fix... Anybody have any
ideas on how to set the working directory to the applications
directory?????

As a first step, I'd look into redesigning my application so that it
does not depend on the concept of a "working directory", as what this will
be is platform dependent.

- Oliver