Actions and Data Types Required by an Application

Typical applications require the following action and data type definitions:

• An action that opens the application.

• A data type for the data files of your application. If you create a data type, you will also want to create:

  • An Open action for the data files of your application

  • A Print action for the data files of your application

• A data type for the application group (see Configuring the Application Group To Use a Unique Icon).

  For an introduction to how actions and data types are used in the desktop, see Chapter 10, Introduction to Actions and Data Types .