This article describes how to set a file type association to open files using published applications.

Background

Users may need to open files with applications hosted in Receiver as locally there may not be an application to do it. Use this article to link a file extension with a Receiver application.

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Instructions

Complete the following steps to set a file type association to open files using published applications:

1. Publish the application you are going to use.
2. Once the application has been published, go to it in Studio, right-click on it and select Properties.
3. Go to File Type Association and select the extension Receiver will use (select all required).
4. Once done, click on Apply and then Update File Types to make sure all have been selected.

5. Once done, as long as Receiver is open, the file extension will show Receiver icon as Receiver recognizes it as a known extension.

6. Go to Receiver (user's endpoint) and make sure you add to your favorites the application that will run the file extension.

7. Double click on the file needed on user's endpoint and pop-up is shown if you want to use Receiver to open the file. Click on yes.
8. It will show the option to select the application that will open the file. Select the right one (the Receiver application is shown if it is already added to Favorites, if not then you will need to add it and right-click the file and select open with).

 

Note​: Ensure StoreFront file type association is ON
By default, file type association is enabled in stores so that content is seamlessly redirected to users' subscribed applications when they open local files of the appropriate types.

Important: In multiple server deployments, use only one server at a time to make changes to the configuration of the server group. Ensure that the Citrix StoreFront management console is not running on any of the other servers in the deployment. Once complete, propagate your configuration changes to the server group so that the other servers in the deployment are updated.

1. Use a text editor to open the web.config file for the store, which is typically located in the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\storename\ directory, where storename is the name specified for the store when it was created.
2. Locate the following element in the file.

   <farmset ... enableFileTypeAssociation="on" ... >
   

3. Ensure the value of the "enableFileTypeAssociation" attribute is on to enable file type association for the store. [ To disable file type association set to off. ]

This article describes how to set a file type association to open files using published applications.