Supported Formats

The Coimbra database system supports the following file formats by using the proper display component for displaying them on the screen.

AAM, AAS	Macromedia Authorware pieces.
AVI	Video data. Please note that AVI data are stored uncompressed, by default.
BMP	Windows bitmaps. Probably you will not use the BMP format, since this format is uncompressed and consumes a lot of disk space.
C	C source code.
CLASS	Java classes.
CPP	C++ source code.
DCR	Macromedia Director applications.
DPR	Delphi project sources.
DXF	Drawing exchange format (up to version 9.1).
DXR	Macromedia Director applications.
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript.
EXE	Executables. Basically, this can be any executable for the client machine. A better integration of the exe-files can be achieved if the executable has been developed by using the special support package available from Epina (for Borland Delphi or Borland C++Builder).
FOR, FTN	FORTAN source code.
GIF	GIF images. We recommend to use either the JPG or the PNG format for images.
H, HPP	C header files and C++ header files.
HTM, HTML	HTML (hypertext markup language) files, version 3.0.
ICO	Windows icons.
JPG	Pictures conforming to the JPEG standards; the JPG format is best used for photos, it is less suitable for images containing written text.
JZIP	Zipped archive containing java classes (.class files).
MID	Midi sound files.
MOV	Quicktime movies.
MPEG, MPG	Mpeg encoded videos. Please note that Mpeg data are stored uncompressed by default.
PAS	Pascal source code.
PCD	Kodak Photo CD.
PCX	Graphic format.
PDF	Portable document format (Adobe Acrobat Reader). Note: in order to display PDF files, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Version 4.0 or higher versions have to be installed on your system.
PNG	Pictures conforming to the portable network graphics standard. This format is a replacement of the GIF format and should be used if no license for using the LZW algorithm of Unisys is available. The PNG format is a more capable replacement of the GIF format and is free of patents.
RTF	Rich text format files.
SWF	Macromedia Shockwave and Flash format.
TGA	Targa image format.
TIF, TIFF	Tag image file format.
TUC	CALDES tutorials.
TXT	Plain ASCII text files.
WAV	Wave files (sound).
WMF	Windows meta format.
ZIP	Zipped archives.