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Action File Extensions

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Many custom actions are associated with one or more filename extensions.  This allows:

 

•Drag a filename from Explorer and drop onto Visual Build to quickly create a build action for that file.
•Right-click a filename in Explorer and choose Make/Compile/Run with Visual Build from the popup menu to create an associated action.
•Create actions by launching the GUI app from the command-line.

 

The actions with associated extensions are:

 

ActionExtensions
7-Zip7z
Advanced Installeraip
COM Registerdll, ocx, tlb, olb
DeployMasterdeploy
Doc-O-Maticdox
Doc-To-Helpd2h
Document! Xdxp
Dr.Explaingui
Flareflprj
FxCopfxcop
ExpertInstall / Tarma Installertip, tin, im7, im9
Help & Manualhm2, hm3, hmx, hmxz, hmxp
Helpinatorhgu
HelpMakersf?
HelpNDochnd
HelpScribblehsc
HelpStudiohsp
HyperText Studiohts
Inno Setupiss
InstallAnywhereiap, iap_xml
InstallAnywhere.NETiax
InstallAWAREmpr
Installer2Goi2g, wip
InstallShieldipr, ism, pfw, ise, issuite
Make Delphibpr, dpr, dpk, bdsproj, bdsgroup, cbproj, dproj, groupproj
Make JBuilderjpr, jpx, jpgr, bpgr
Make VB6vbp, vbg, ebp, ebg
Make VC6dsp, dsw, vcp, vcw
Make VS.NET thru 2022sln, vcproj, csproj, vbproj, vdproj, icproj, wixproj, lsproj, lsxproj, wdproj, dwproj, rptproj, dtproj, oxygene
MSIStudiomxp
Multilizermpr, m7p, m7x
NSISnsi
RoboHelpxpj
Run Programexe, com, bat, cmd, ps1
Sandcastleshfb
Setup Factorysf6, sf7, sf8, sufproj, suf
SetupBuildersb5, sb6, sb7, sb8, sbp
Sisulizerslp
Tarma QuickInstalltin
Tarma InstallMateim7
Transform XML Logxml
UNZIP Filesgz, tgz, gzip, tar,  taz
Enhanced Unzip Fileszip, zipx, jar, docx, xlsx, pptx, odt, ods, odp
Virtual Servervmc
VMware Servervmx
Windows Installermsi, appx
WiXwxs
Wise Setupwse, wsi, wsm
Write INIini