The File type categories site preference
allows you to control the display and addition of a document based
on its file type. File type categories are used by Workplace XT and
Integration for Microsoft Office.
- Workplace XT uses file type categories when determining what entry
template to use when users add a document to an object store. For
example, you can define a file type category for spreadsheets containing
all of the spreadsheet MIME types, and associate the category with
an entry template designed specifically for spreadsheets. When a user
adds a spreadsheet to a folder associated with this entry template,
the entry template is automatically used. See Associate
entry templates with folders for more information.
- Integration for Microsoft Office
uses file type categories to filter the documents displayed when users
browse or search for documents. File type categories for several common
file types are predefined. You specify the file type categories to
be used by Integration for Microsoft Office
in the Office Integration site
preferences.
Managing file type categories
You associate
a file type category with a type of document by assigning MIME types
to a descriptive file type category name.
- You can assign any name to the file type category.
- The MIME type determines the application that displays files of
that type. For more information, you can search the Internet for "MIME
type" for a list of MIME types and the related applications and file
extensions.
- A file type category with no defined MIME types applies to documents
with no content. (A document with no content usually represents an
external item that cannot be stored electronically but that can be
represented and tracked by a collection of properties.)
- A MIME type of application/x-filenet-external applies
to an external document such as a web address.