How to work with documents

The topics in this section explain how to work with documents.

Double-clicking documents in Enterprise Manager

When you use Enterprise Manager to double-click a document object (in the root folder navigation tree or the Unfiled Documents folder), Enterprise Manager takes the default operating system EDIT action for the document type. Where no default EDIT action exists, the document does not open.

Therefore, when you double-click a document:

The reason for using the EDIT action instead of the OPEN action is that the OPEN action can potentially run executable file types (such as .bat, .vbs, .exe) that are stored in Content Engine. Therefore, as a security precaution, Enterprise Manager uses the EDIT action.