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You can assign certain files and file types to specific applications so that the 
appropriate published application starts automatically when you open a file on 
your computer. For example, while working on files using a published Windows 
application on a client, you can work on PC files that you can save to the 
Macintosh hard disk.

Using file type association, you can open files either by

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Dragging the file icon to the client icon configured to connect to the 
appropriate published application

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Choosing File > Open or double-clicking the file icon to open the 
published application with your file in it

You need to configure a number of settings on both the server and the client.

You need to complete these preliminary tasks for file type association to work:

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Set extended parameter passing, if necessary.

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Identify the server drive letter that is mapped to the client hard disk and tell 
users so they can map their hard disk or document folder to the correct 
server drive letter.

The server administrator may need to set up the published application to receive 
and use the file name by appending the parameter "%*" to the command line; for 
example, powerpoint "%*". Using speech marks ensures that spaces in file 
names and paths are catered for.

Full details about how to publish applications and set up commands, and 
information regarding whether or not this parameter is needed for the server you 
are using, are in the Presentation Server documentation.

Servers map client drives to drive letters automatically when a client logs on. The 
server tries to match the client drives to client drive letters, typically A for the 
first floppy drive, B for the CD or DVD drive, C for the current user’s Home 
folder, and so on. If these letters are already used for drives on the server, the 
server uses other letters. Machines running Presentation Server start at V and 
search in ascending order for free drive letters.