Opening .cida files
Posted: 2022 Aug 04, 22:00
Quick Start help:
If I double-click on that .cida file, Windows only opens a second instance of xplorer², but the contents of the .cida file are not displayed.
If I right-click that .cida file, and choose “Open With”, Windows wants to know which application it should use to open such files. If I direct it to xplorer², I also get a second instance of the initial dual panes of xplorer². But the contents of the .cida file are not displayed.
The only way I found to open .cida files is to click “Window | Scrap container”, then use the Open button from the scrap container, and direct xplorer² to the .cida file of interest.
Nikos, what gives?
I created a .cida file containing the results of a search through a folder. That .cida file is meant to display a list of files containing a specific word.Actions | Write contents creates a file with .cida extension and writes location information for all the items in a scrap pane. You can reopen such saved files at a later time and restore the scrap container, just like as if it was a shell document. xplorer² registers .cida files for its own use so you can open them by merely double-clicking on them even when xplorer² isn't running.
If I double-click on that .cida file, Windows only opens a second instance of xplorer², but the contents of the .cida file are not displayed.
If I right-click that .cida file, and choose “Open With”, Windows wants to know which application it should use to open such files. If I direct it to xplorer², I also get a second instance of the initial dual panes of xplorer². But the contents of the .cida file are not displayed.
The only way I found to open .cida files is to click “Window | Scrap container”, then use the Open button from the scrap container, and direct xplorer² to the .cida file of interest.
Nikos, what gives?