New External File Filters

With this latest release of Superbase, it has been possible to include support for more than 250 additional external file formats, not all or even most of which are image formats. More exciting is the support for various word processing and spreadsheet formats, together with formats for document interchange, such as PDF and HTML. For more details on how to use them, see the entry for DocumentWindows and also for the SHOW command in the online help.

The complete list of supported formats is:

Word Processing:

Generic

ASCII Text (7 & 8 bit) All versions

ANSI Text (7 & 8 bit) All versions

Unicode Text All versions

HTML Versions through 3.0

Microsoft Rich Text Format Versions through 2.0

DOS

DEC WPS Plus Versions through 4.1

DEC WPS Plus (DX) Versions through 4.1

DisplayWrite 2 & 3 (TXT) All versions

IBM FFT All versions

IBM Revisable Form Text All versions

DisplayWrite 4 & 5 Versions through Release 2.0

Enable Version 3.0

Enable Versions 4.0 and 4.5

First Choice Versions through 3.0

Framework Version 3.0

IBM Writing Assistant Version 1.01

Manuscript Versions through 2.0

MASS11 Versions through 8.0

Microsoft Word Versions through 6.0

Microsoft Works Versions through 2.0

MultiMate Versions through 3.6

MultiMate Version 4.0

MultiMate Note All versions

Navy DIF All versions

Nota Bene Version 3.0

Office Writer Version 4.0 to 6.0

PC-File Letter Versions through 5.0

PC-File+ Letter Versions through 3.0

PFS:Write Versions A, B, and C

Professional Write Versions through 2.1

Q&A Version 2.0

Samna Word Versions through Samna Word IV+

SmartWare II Version 1.02

Sprint Versions through 1.0

Total Word Version 1.2

Volkswriter 3 & 4 Versions through 1.0

Wang PC (IWP) Versions through 2.6

WordMARC Versions through Composer Plus

WordPerfect Version 4.2

WordPerfect Version 5.x

WordPerfect Versions 6.0 through 7.0

WordStar Versions through 7.0

WordStar 2000 Versions through 3.0

XyWrite Versions through III Plus

Windows

AMI/AMI Professional Versions through 3.1

Professional Write Plus Version 1.0

JustWrite Versions through 3.0

Q&A Write for Windows Version 3.0

Microsoft Windows Works Versions through 4.0

Microsoft Windows Write Versions through 3.0

Microsoft Word 97 n/a

Microsoft Word for Windows Versions 1.x & 2.0

Microsoft Word for Windows Versions 6.0 & 7.0

Microsoft WordPad All versions

Novell Perfect Works Version 2.0

WordPerfect for Windows Versions through 7.0

Legacy Versions through 1.1

WordStar for Windows Version 1.0

Macintosh

Microsoft Word Versions 4.0 through 6.0

WordPerfect Version 1.02

WordPerfect Versions 2.0 through 3.0

Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0

MacWrite II Version 1.1

Spreadsheets Formats:

Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5

First Choice Versions through 3.0

Framework Version 3.0

Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) Versions 1.0 & 2.0

Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) Versions 3.0 & 4.0 & 5.0

Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) Version 6.0

Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (DOS & Windows) Versions through 5.0

Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2) Versions through 2.0

Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (OS/2) Versions through 2.0

Lotus Symphony Versions 1.0,1.1 and 2.0

Microsoft Excel 97 n/a

Microsoft Excel Windows Versions 2.2 through 7.0

Microsoft Excel Macintosh Versions 3.0 - 4.0

Microsoft Excel Charts Versions 2.x - 7.0

Microsoft Multiplan Version 4.0

Microsoft Windows Works Versions through 4.0

Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0

Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0

Mosaic Twin Version 2.5

Novell Perfect Works Version 2.0

QuattroPro for DOS Versions through 5.0

QuattroPro for Windows Versions through 7.0

PFS:Professional Plan Version 1.0

SuperCalc 5 Version 4.0

SmartWare II Version 1.02

VP Planner 3D Version 1.0

Databases Formats:

Access Versions through 2.0

dBASE Versions through 5.0

DataEase Version 4.x

dBXL Version 1.3

Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5

First Choice Versions through 3.0

FoxBase Version 2.1

Framework Version 3.0

Microsoft Windows Works Versions through 4.0

Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0

Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0

Paradox (DOS) Versions through 4.0

Paradox (Windows) Versions through 1.0

Personal R:BASE Version 1.0

R:BASE Versions through 3.1

R:BASE System V Version 1.0

Reflex Version 2.0

Q & A Versions through 2.0

SmartWare II Version 1.02

Standard Graphic Formats:

Ami Draw All versions

Binary Group 3 Fax All versions

BMP (including RLE, ICO, CUR & OS/2 DIB) Windows

CDR - Corel Draw Versions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile ANSI, CALS, NIST, Version 3.0

CMX - Corel Clip Art Format n/a

DCX (multi-page PCX) Microsoft Fax

DRW - Micrografx Designer Version 3.1

DXF (Binary and ASCII) AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format Versions through 13

EPS Encapsulated PostScript If TIF image is embedded in it

FMV - FrameMaker Vector and raster format

HP Gallery

GDF - IBM Graphics Data Format n/a

GEM - Graphics Environment Manager Metafile Bitmap and Vector

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format Compuserve

GP4 - Group 4 CALS Format n/a

HPGL - Hewlett Packard Graphics Language Version 2.0

IMG - GEM Paint n/a

JPEG All versions

OMF OS/2 Metafile

PCD - Kodak Photo CD n/a

PCX PC Paintbrush All versions

Perfect Works (Draw) Novell version 2.0

PIC Lotus

PICT1 & PICT2 (Raster) Macintosh Standard

PIF - IBM Picture Exchange Format n/a

PNG - Portable Network Graphics Internet Format Non-LZW

PNTG MacPaint

RND - AutoShade Rendering File Format n/a

Snapshot (Lotus) All versions

SRS - Sun Raster File Format n/a

TGA (TARGA) Truevision

TIFF Versions through 6

TIFF CCITT Group 3 & 4 Fax Systems

WMF Windows Metafile

WordPerfect Graphics Versions 1.0, 2.0

XBM - X-Windows Bitmap n/a

XPM - X-Windows Pixmap n/a

XWD - X-Windows Dump n/a

High-End Graphics Formats:

AI - Adobe Illustrator File Format Versions through 6.0

DSF - Micrografx Designer Windows 95, Version 6.0

DWG AutoCAD Native Drawing Format Versions 12, 13

IGES - Initial Graphics Exchange Specification Version 5.1

PDF - Portable Document Format Acrobat version 2.1 (LZW)

Presentation Formats:

Corel Presentations Version 7.0

Harvard Graphics for DOS Versions 2.x & 3.x

Harvard Graphics for Windows All versions

Freelance 96 for Windows 95 n/a

Freelance for Windows Version 1.0 and 2.0

Freelance for OS/2 Versions through 2.0

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 n/a

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Versions 3.0 & 4.0

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Version 7.0

Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh Version 4.0

Novel Presentations Version 3.0 & 7.0

WordPerfect Presentations All versions

Compressed and Encoded Formats:

LZH Compress n/a

LZA Self Extracting Compress n/a

Microsoft Binder Version 7.0

MIME (text mail) n/a

UUE n/a

UNIX Compress n/a

UNIX TAR n/a

ZIP PKWare versions to 2.04g

ZIP Self-extracting EXE PKWare versions to 2.04g

Other:

Executable (EXE, DLL) n/a

Executable for Windows NT n/a

Object-Oriented Language

Properties Dialog Box