Application Properties Dialog

Used to define a ProjectWise application. Opens when you double-click an existing application, or when you right-click the Applications node and select New > Application.

A ProjectWise application can include as little or as much information as you require. It can be a name only, or it can include one or more file extensions that are associated with it. You can also configure the program to launch when a ProjectWise Explorer user selects to open, view, markup, or print a document that is associated to that application.

General tab

Setting	Description
Name	Sets the name of the application.
File extensions field	Used to enter new file extensions that you want to be associated to the application, or to modify existing extensions.
File extensions list	Lists the file extensions that are currently associated to this application. Selecting an extension in the list also places the extension in the File extensions field, so that it can be modified.
Add	Adds the extension you entered in the File extensions field, to the File extensions list.
Modify	When an extension is selected in the list, you can edit the extension in the File extensions field and click Modify, to change the extension in the list.
Remove	Removes the selected extension from the list.

Actions tab

Setting	Description
Action / Association list	Displays the list action associations currently defined for the selected application.
Create	Opens the Create Association dialog, which is used to create an association between a user action and a program. You can create as many 'Open' action associations as you want for each application, but only one can be set as the default. For the actions View, Markup or Print, you can only have one of each for each application.
Modify	Opens the Modify Action Properties dialog, which is used to modify the selected action association.
Remove	Used to remove the selected association.
Set Default	When you have more than one Open action association, you can set which one you want to be the default by selecting the action association and clicking Set Default.
Program class name / executable path	Displays either the path or the registry entry for the program that is associated to the selected action. You can modify this value by selecting the action association, clicking Modify, then in the dialog that opens, clicking the Browse button (...) to the right of the Program class name / executable path field. The dialog that opens offers a few ways of specifying the program to use.
Enable Legacy Integration	Displays whether or not legacy integration is set for the program set in the selected action association.
Replace Default Arguments
Command line that will be used to start the application	Displays the command line arguments that the program set in the selected action association opens with. You can modify this value by selecting the action association, clicking Modify, then in the dialog that opens, modifying the value in the Command line arguments field.

Associations tab

Setting	Description
Associated web viewer	This setting is only needed if you are still using the old ProjectWise Web Server, it does not apply (and is not needed or used at all) when your users are using the ProjectWise Web and ProjectWise Web View cloud services of ProjectWise 365.
Associated Attribute Exchange mapping	This is a system setting that is preset by default, and only needs to be configured if you are creating a new application that will be associated to MicroStation, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft PowerPoint documents, and you will be using attribute exchange with that application. This setting controls whether attribute exchange is performed on the server or the client computer, for the documents associated to this application. By default, the applications for MicroStation, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, are all preset to use server-side processing for attribute exchange: MicroStation application is set to WPS_AAM_MSTAGS_00001 (description: MicroStation Title Blocks) AutoCAD application is set to WPS_AAM_ACADTB_00001 (description: AutoCAD Title Blocks) Microsoft Word application is set to WPS_AAM_OFFICE_00001 (description: Microsoft Office Attribute Support) Microsoft Excel application is set to WPS_AAM_OFFICE_00001 (description: Microsoft Office Attribute Support) Microsoft PowerPoint application is set to WPS_AAM_OFFICE_00001 (description: Microsoft Office Attribute Support) All other applications are set to <none> by default, since ProjectWise only offers attribute exchange for MicroStation, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office.

Setting

Description

Associated web viewer

This setting is only needed if you are still using the old ProjectWise Web Server, it does not apply (and is not needed or used at all) when your users are using the ProjectWise Web and ProjectWise Web View cloud services of ProjectWise 365.

Associated Attribute Exchange mapping

This is a system setting that is preset by default, and only needs to be configured if you are creating a new application that will be associated to MicroStation, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft PowerPoint documents, and you will be using attribute exchange with that application.

This setting controls whether attribute exchange is performed on the server or the client computer, for the documents associated to this application.

By default, the applications for MicroStation, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, are all preset to use server-side processing for attribute exchange:

MicroStation application is set to WPS_AAM_MSTAGS_00001 (description: MicroStation Title Blocks)
AutoCAD application is set to WPS_AAM_ACADTB_00001 (description: AutoCAD Title Blocks)
Microsoft Word application is set to WPS_AAM_OFFICE_00001 (description: Microsoft Office Attribute Support)
Microsoft Excel application is set to WPS_AAM_OFFICE_00001 (description: Microsoft Office Attribute Support)
Microsoft PowerPoint application is set to WPS_AAM_OFFICE_00001 (description: Microsoft Office Attribute Support)

All other applications are set to <none> by default, since ProjectWise only offers attribute exchange for MicroStation, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office.