View *.SHTML in Web Browser

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*.SHTML is included by default in the HTML Document Class but is not associated with any program in (at least) some versions of the Windows operating system. It is necessary to make this association before *.SHTML files can be viewed in the default web browser using the "World" link in TextPad.

To create this association, go to >Start>Settings>Control Panel>Folder Options (Or get to Folder Options any other way, e.g., in W2k, Open My Computer>Tools>Folder Options) and click the File Types Tab.

First search to see that SHTML is not already associated with some program or included in the HTML file association.

If SHTML is associated with a browser that is not your default browser, select it, and click CHANGE. The Open With dialog box will come up. Select your default web browser and click OK.

If it is not, then click NEW, type in SHTML, and OK. Locate the SHTML entry, select it, and click CHANGE. The Open With dialog box will come up. Select your default web browser and click OK.

You should now be able to view *.SHTML files in your default browser by clicking the "world" icon in TextPad.

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But be aware - as the .SHTML file in this case is not delivered by a web server, the SSI directives are NOT executed, they will be invisible as they are HTML comments when they are not executed by the web server