I would think this is a change you'd make not in Java but in Windows. Windows keeps a list of "associations", so that when you double-click on a file with extension .xlsx, for example, it knows to run Excel. Every time I get a new computer, I change the association for .rtf to run WordPad instead of Word. In the same way you can invent new extensions, to open .vbc in Notepad maybe.
At least, I ~used~ to do that routinely. In Win XP there was an entry for it under the File Explorer's Tools option. I'm pretty sure I've done in at least once in Win 10, but I'd have to remember how. Anyway, since I'm pretty sure the solution is in Windows, you'll probably want to move the question to a different forum, though someone here may know. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. -Harold S Hulbert */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CM Poncelet Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 23:09 Java was originally called Oak, which would have had a DOS 8.3 '.oak' extension. I understand that the default ',java' extension is arbitrary and can be changed to a compiler recognized 3-char extension such as '.jav', instead. Does anyone know how to change this default '.java' extension to a 3-char one, such as '.jav', that DOS and SPF/PC could then edit, compile and run? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
