Determine Format Support
After the file format is extracted, the detection module uses the formats.ini
file to determine whether the format is supported by KeyView, and the appropriate structured access layer and reader to load.
The formats.ini
file is in the directory install\OS\bin
, where install
is the path name of the Filter installation directory and OS
is the name of the operating system. It contains the following information:
- Coded format information. To translate this information, see Translate Format Information.
- The reader associated with each format. See Determine a Document Reader.
- Configuration parameters.
- Locale settings for internal use.
Example formats.ini file entries
123=mw 152=xyw 178=wp6 189=mw6 2=af 200=pdf 205=mb 210=htm 251=htm
NOTE: The formats.ini
file applies to all formats except graphics. Detection of graphics formats is handled by an internal module named KeyView Picture Interchange Format (KPIF).