RAM-specified file extensions

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CARMA allows you to have the RAM specify file extensions that are based on metadata, eliminating the need to specify extensions on every resource.

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The RAM can provide a file extension recommendation for a CARMA member, which is used as the file extension by default. If the RAM does suggest a file extension, you can either accept the recommended extension as is, or choose to override the recommendation by using an extension of your own via the CARMA member properties dialog. If a member does not have a predefined RAM specified file extension, and one is not set by the user in the client, the member inherits the file extension of its parent.

In order to allow inheritance, the file extension property can be specified at any level (container or member), however, it can only be displayed on CARMA members, not CARMA containers. Containers only have a file extension that is specified to allow inheritance to child members when a file extension is not specified anywhere else. To view metadata properties that are related to repository content, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. Right-click the content.
  2. Click Properties.

    The Properties dialog opens.

  3. Optional: To retrieve the most recent property values from the repository, click the Refresh Properties button.

Client defined file extensions

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To set your own file extension for a CARMA member:

Procedure

  1. Select a container or member and open the properties dialog window.
  2. Locate the Local file extension section of the properties dialog window.
  3. Select the second bullet in the list.
  4. Choose a new file extension from the drop-down menu.
  5. Select OK.