During the installation of the ESL Development Tools, several file types are defined to Windows to allow you to; Edit, Compile and Run your ESL application through Windows Explorer;
File Extension  | 
Description  | 
Opens With  | 
.EAL  | 
ESL Application Source  | 
ESL Edit & EPARSE.EXE  | 
.INC  | 
ESL Source Include  | 
ESL Edit  | 
.WEB  | 
ESL Application  | 
ESLRUN.EXE  | 
.EQS  | 
ESL QuikStep Project  | 
QUIKSTEP.EXE  | 
.ERR  | 
ESL Errorlog  | 
ESL Edit  | 
.EMI  | 
ESL Message Input  | 
ESL Message Manager  | 
.EMO  | 
ESL Message Output  | 
Used by ESL Runtime & Compiler  | 
.INI  | 
Configuration Settings  | 
ESL Edit  | 
.SAM  | 
SQL Application Module  | 
DB/Assist  | 
.SQO  | 
SQL Query File (ODBC)  | 
*SQL Wizard (ODBC version)  | 
.SQD  | 
SQL Query File (DB2)  | 
*SQL Wizard (DB2 version)  | 
To perform the default action, merely double click on the file. To view all possible actions, right-hand click, then select the required action from the pop-up menu.
You may also continue to compile and run your ESL applications from a command prompt using ESLRUN.EXE and EPARSE.EXE or by using the Development Tools QuikStep and Esl Edit.
(Note. * SQL Wizard has to be opened from the Windows Start Menu or EslEdit, then the SQO or SQD Query File can be loaded.)