Designating File Types for APP Commands

The APP COPYF, APP MOVEF, APP DELETEF, and APP RENAMEF commands enable you to perform their actions on a wide variety of file types.

The following is a comprehensive list of the file types you can use with APP commands and the file extensions associated with the on-disk names for hierarchical file systems.

Note that the file types must be coded in uppercase in any APP command that requires it.

Note: This list reflects file types supported across all products and release levels. Particular file types may not be supported in particular releases or with every product.

File Type	File Extension
ACX	.acx
ADR	.adr
AFM	.afm
BMP	.bmp
BST	.bst
cascading style sheet	.css
CONTROL	.ctl
DATA	.dat
DDS	.DDS
DEFAULT	The APP filename value is used to derive the physical extension for the APP command, so that unknown user-defined extensions may be supported in an APP command (for example, APP COPYFILE BASEAPP MYFILE.FOO DEFAULT BASEAPP MYFILE FOCEXEC).
DTD	.dtd
EDANLS	.nls
EDAPRFU	.prf
EDAPROF	.prf
EDAPSB	.psb
EPS	.eps
ERRORS	.err
ETG	.etg
ETL	.etl
EXCEL	.xls
FMU	.fmu
FOCCOMP	.fcm
FOCDEF	.def
FOCEXEC OR FEX	.fex
FOCFTMAP	.fmp
FOCPSB	.psb
FOCSQL	.acx
FOCSTYLE	.sty
FOCTEMP	.ftm
FOCUS	.foc
GIF	.gif
HLI	.hli
HTML	.htm
IBICPG	.sl
JPG	.jpg
JS	.js
LSN	.lsn
MAINTAIN	.mnt
MASTER OR MAS	.mas MASTER has a special behavior that any matching Access File (.acx) is also operated upon by the APP command. This is so metadata is operated upon as a matched pair. Use MAS if it is strictly desired to only operate on the Master File and not the Access File.
MHT	.mht
Microsoft Access database	.mdb
MNTPAINT	.mpt
OMI	.omi
PDF	.pdf
PFA	.pfa
PFB	.pfb
PNG	.png
PS	.ps
SMARTLIB	.knb
SQL	.sql
SVG	.svg
TABS	.txt
TDL	.tdl
TRF	.trf
TTEDIT	.tte
TXT	.txt
WINFORMS	.wfm
WSDL	.wsd
XHT	.xht
XLSM	.xlsm
XLSX	.xlsx
XLTM	.xltm
XLTX	.xltx
XML	.xml
XSD	.xsd
XSL	.xsl

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