Extensions

Purpose: This dialog box allows you to set helper applications (Hackman plugins or other executable files) that will handle certain types of files depending on their extension.

Add: use this to add a new extensions and its handler
Remove: remove a record from the extension list
Modify: modify the extension record without removing it

Extension: use a 3 or 4 letter extension without the period.
Handling application: browse to an appropriate Hackman plugin or executable (such as windows notepad)
Arguments: use as in the table below.
Ask user: if checked, it asks user whether the file should be processed in Hackman Editor or via the helper application.

Argument Explanation

%HM_F Full path and name of the logged file

%HM_P Full path of the logged file (not name)

%HM_N /td> Uses the name of the logged file without any path information

%HM_L Same as %F, but truncates the file's extension

%HM_T Same as %N, but truncates the file's extension

%HM_D Uses the Drive path, obtained from logged file's path

%HM_FD Same as %F, but the long path names are converted to shorts (MS-DOS compatibility)

Other Any other argument that is not contained to the above list, will be passed as-is to the program.

Return

Argument	Explanation
%HM_F	Full path and name of the logged file
%HM_P	Full path of the logged file (not name)
%HM_N /td>	Uses the name of the logged file without any path information
%HM_L	Same as %F, but truncates the file's extension
%HM_T	Same as %N, but truncates the file's extension
%HM_D	Uses the Drive path, obtained from logged file's path
%HM_FD	Same as %F, but the long path names are converted to shorts (MS-DOS compatibility)
Other	Any other argument that is not contained to the above list, will be passed as-is to the program.