Default text-editor

When I download a text-file in Safari, by default TextEdit is launched. Unfortunately, it cannot recognise the numerous fields in the Word-documents that are involved.
Can I change the default text-editor to Word ?

paieye wrote:
I am not quite sure what you have in mind when you say to select the file-icon. I find the link in Safari, and click on it. That produces the 'Downloads' window, which eventually shows the file as downloaded. I can put the focus on to the row containing the file name, but I cannot highlight it. What ought I to be doing ?
Find the file in the Downloads folder in your Home folder, not in the Downloads window. Then do as suggested.

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Hi DennisG,
Thank you for the link. Now I have it, small file download. Yes it does look interesting, it will be fun to play around with getting to know it.
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*& Report ZUS_SDN_TEXTEDIT_CONTROL
*& Thread: how to clear the text in the Text Editor
*& <a class="jive_macro jive_macro_thread" href="" __jive_macro_name="thread" modifiedtitle="true" __default_attr="1145272"></a>
*& By default the itab GT_OUTTAB contains texts in DE and EN.
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*& LANGU=DE, LANGU=EN or LANGU=FR
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TYPE-POOLS: abap.
TYPES: ty_t_text     TYPE TABLE OF as4text
                     WITH DEFAULT KEY.
TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_s_outtab.
TYPES: language TYPE spras.
TYPES: text     TYPE ty_t_text.
TYPES: END OF ty_s_outtab.
TYPES: ty_t_outtab    TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_outtab
                      WITH DEFAULT KEY.
DATA: gt_outtab       TYPE ty_t_outtab,
      gs_outtab       TYPE ty_s_outtab.
DATA: gd_language     TYPE spras.
DATA: go_docking      TYPE REF TO cl_gui_docking_container,
      go_textedit     TYPE REF TO cl_gui_textedit.
DATA: gd_okcode       TYPE ui_func,
      gd_repid        TYPE syst-repid.
START-OF-SELECTION.
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gd_language = syst-langu.
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* Link the docking container to the target dynpro
gd_repid = syst-repid.
CALL METHOD go_docking->link
    EXPORTING
      repid                       = gd_repid
      dynnr                       = '0100'
*      CONTAINER                   =
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      OTHERS                      = 4.
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*   MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*              WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
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"       ok-code => GD_OKCODE
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* MODULE STATUS_0100.
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*       text
* --> p1        text
* <-- p2        text
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*       text
* --> p1        text
* <-- p2        text
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    EXPORTING
      parent                      = cl_gui_container=>screen0
*      repid                       =
*      dynnr                       =
*      side                        = dock_at_left
*      extension                   = 50
*      style                       =
*      lifetime                    = lifetime_default
*      caption                     =
*      metric                      = 0
      ratio                       = 90
*      no_autodef_progid_dynnr     =
*      name                        =
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      cntl_system_error           = 2
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*      max_number_chars       =
*      style                  = 0
*      wordwrap_mode          = wordwrap_at_windowborder
*      wordwrap_position      = -1
*      wordwrap_to_linebreak_mode = false
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*      lifetime               =
*      name                   =
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*&      Form SET_TEXT_EDITOR
*       text
* --> p1        text
* <-- p2        text
FORM set_text_editor .
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      error_dp        = 1
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IF sy-subrc <> 0.
*   MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
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ENDFORM.                    " SET_TEXT_EDITOR
*&      Form GET_TEXT_EDITOR
*       text
* --> p1        text
* <-- p2        text
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*   MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
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ENDIF.
MODIFY gt_outtab FROM gs_outtab
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    WHERE ( language = gd_language ).
ENDFORM.                    " GET_TEXT_EDITOR
Regards
Uwe

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