Oxygen XML Author offers editing support for a wide variety of file types, but users are free to add new file extensions and associate them with the editor type which fits better. The associations set here between a file extension and the type of editor which opens the file for editing have precedence over the default associations available in the . dialog
The File Types preferences panel is opened from menu .
The table columns contain the following data:
If the editor set here is not one of the XML editors (XML editor, XSL editor, XSD editor, RNG editor, WSDL editor) then the encoding set in the preference Encoding for non XML files is used for opening and saving a file of this type. This is necessary because in case of XML files the encoding is usually declared at the beginning of the XML file in a special declaration or it assumes the default value UTF-8 but in case of non XML files there is no standard mechanism for declaring the encoding of the file.
You can also decide the files which will be handled as DITA maps when opened in Oxygen XML. If the files match the pattern that is specified in DITA Maps file patterns you will be prompted to open them in the DITA Maps Manager view.
The files that match the Binary file patterns patterns are handled as binary and opened in the associated system application. Also, they are excluded from the following actions available in the Project view: File/Replace in Files, Check Spelling in Files, Validate.