The panel displays a list of file types. This is the
primary place to edit them. The check box in front of each file
type indicates if it is to be used in new options sets by
default.
ECMerge colours enabled file types in red when they are hidden by another more generic
file type placed before in the list. Such a file type
would be indeed never selected by ECMerge for use. The file
type which hides another
one is coloured in blue.
Here are the available actions:
New: you are prompted to select the
document type (text, image...) for the file type, you can
then enter appropriate label, patterns... see File Types
dialog
Edit: the file type dialog opens to edit
the file type
Remove: it removes the file type from
all the options set which use shared file types
Move up / Move down: moves the file type
in the list. This order is important as file types are
tested in top/down order. The first file type which
matches the sources at hand during a
comparison determines the document type to use, then the
other sources are checked if another file type is found, but
with the same document type (text, image...) the file type is
used else the default file type is used for those
sources.
Import / Export: these actions
load or save an ECMFT file, so that you can keep
those file type safe or share them.
The View and Comparison Options dialog also has a File Types
screen, editing a file type from there still edits the matching
shared file type.
