How do I open a document in its native application, not the livelink viewer?

Terry_O'Reilly_(citimmadmin_-_(deleted))

Hi,I was wondering how I can have a document open in its native application instead of the Livelink viewer. I know I could always click the function menu, download and open from current location, however I would like to set up livelink so that when the document name is clicked it will call the application and open the document from there. Has anyone done this? I know its possible.Thanks,Terry O'ReillyTerry.O'Reilly@cic.gc.ca

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Message from David Slimmon via eLinkHi there Terry,It's a little different depending on whether you're using Livelink 8.x or9.x, but either way, it's a setting in the opentext.ini file. You folksmoved up to 9.x last year if I'm not mistaken, correct?Regards,Dave___________________________________________O P E N T E X T C O R P O R A T I O NDavid Slimmon, M.L.I.S.Knowledge Managerhttps://knowledge.opentext.comdslimmon@opentext.com-----Original Message-----How do I open a document in its native application, not the livelink viewer?Posted by CITIMMAdmin on 11/22/2002 01:38 PMHi,I was wondering how I can have a document open in its native applicationinstead of the Livelink viewer. I know I could always click the functionmenu, download and open from current location, however I would like to setup livelink so that when the document name is clicked it will call theapplication and open the document from there. Has anyone done this? I knowits possible.Thanks,Terry O'ReillyTerry.O'Reilly@cic.gc.ca[To reply to this thread, use your normal e-mail reply function.]============================================================Discussion: Development Discussionhttps://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=786303&objAction=viewLivelink Server:https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/livelink.exe

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Message from Drane, Matthew via eLinkThat particular type of document (mimetype) would need to be added to the[FetchMimeTypes] section of the opentext.ini for example, if you wanted excel files to open in their native application,you could add it to the default ones listed in [FetchMimeTypes] as follows(I believe x-msdownload and octet-stream are there by default) [FetchMimeTypes]type1=application/x-msdownloadtype2=application/octet-streamtype3=application/vnd.ms-excel This will affect all documents of this type, and to my knowledge, it makesit impossible to do the normal "view" from Livelink for that particularmimetype.-----Original Message-----From: eLink Discussion: Development Discussion[mailto:development@elinkkc.opentext.com]Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:41 PMTo: eLink RecipientSubject: How do I open a document in its native application, not thelivelink viewer?How do I open a document in its native application, not thelivelink viewer? Posted by CITIMMAdmin (O'Reilly, Terry) on 11/22/2002 01:38 PM Hi,I was wondering how I can have a document open in its native applicationinstead of the Livelink viewer. I know I could always click the functionmenu, download and open from current location, however I would like to setup livelink so that when the document name is clicked it will call theapplication and open the document from there. Has anyone done this? I knowits possible.Thanks,Terry O'ReillyTerry.O'Reilly@cic.gc.ca _____ [To reply to this thread, use your normal e-mail reply function.] Discussion: Development Discussion Livelink Server: Knowledge Center

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Message from David Slimmon via eLinkCorrect Matthew...The steps you list are for Livelink 9.x. Thanks for that. They were alittle different back in 8.x, but not much.For those following along, if you're going to make these changes to theopentext.ini file, you'll also want to be aware of the fact that some of themore popular file formats out there often have several different mimetypesthat could potentially be associated with them. Last time I counted, itseemed like PowerPoint had about a half-dozen distinct mimetypes for it.In other words, if you add application/vnd.ms-excel to your list (forexample) that isn't a guarantee that you're going to fetch all Excel files,because some of them could have been added into Livelink with a different(but valid) Excel mimetype.If you're not sure just what the heck is in your system, this is often aninteresting SQL query to run against your Livelink...SELECT DISTINCT MimetypeFROM dversdataThat should give you a list of all of the potential mimetypes you'd need toadd to the opentext.ini file.Regards,Dave___________________________________________O P E N T E X T C O R P O R A T I O NDavid Slimmon, M.L.I.S.Knowledge Managerhttps://knowledge.opentext.comdslimmon@opentext.com-----Original Message-----From: eLink Discussion: Development Discussion[mailto:development@elinkkc.opentext.com]Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:39 PMTo: eLink RecipientSubject: RE How do I open a document in its native application, not thel ivelink viewer?RE How do I open a document in its native application, not the l ivelinkviewer?Posted by eLink on 11/22/2002 02:39 PMMessage from Drane, Matthew via eLinkThat particular type of document (mimetype) would need to be added to the[FetchMimeTypes] section of the opentext.inifor example, if you wanted excel files to open in their native application,you could add it to the default ones listed in [FetchMimeTypes] as follows(I believe x-msdownload and octet-stream are there by default)[FetchMimeTypes]type1=application/x-msdownloadtype2=application/octet-streamtype3=application/vnd.ms-excelThis will affect all documents of this type, and to my knowledge, it makesit impossible to do the normal "view" from Livelink for that particularmimetype.-----Original Message-----From: eLink Discussion: Development Discussion[mailto:development@elinkkc.opentext.com]Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:41 PMTo: eLink RecipientSubject: How do I open a document in its native application, not thelivelink viewer?How do I open a document in its native application, not thelivelink viewer? Posted by CITIMMAdmin (O'Reilly, Terry) on 11/22/2002 01:38 PMHi,I was wondering how I can have a document open in its native applicationinstead of the Livelink viewer. I know I could always click the functionmenu, download and open from current location, however I would like to setup livelink so that when the document name is clicked it will call theapplication and open the document from there. Has anyone done this? I knowits possible.Thanks,Terry O'ReillyTerry.O'Reilly@cic.gc.ca _____[To reply to this thread, use your normal e-mail reply function.]Discussion: Development DiscussionLivelink Server: Knowledge Center[To reply to this thread, use your normal e-mail reply function.]============================================================Topic: How do I open a document in its native application, not thelivelink viewer?https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=2913270&objAction=viewDiscussion: Development Discussionhttps://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=786303&objAction=viewLivelink Server:https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/livelink.exe