Microsoft KB Archive/116399

= Valid File Formats in BitEdit Dependent on Installed Filters =

Article ID: 116399

Article Last Modified on 12/22/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Video for Windows 1.0

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This article was previously published under Q116399



SUMMARY
The available open file formats in BitEdit are dependent on the filters listed in the WIN.INI file.



MORE INFORMATION
The following is a list of file formats that BitEdit can open without the aid of graphics filters added by other applications:

DIB Microsoft Windows DIB

RDI Microsoft RIFF DIB

PCX PC Paintbrush

GIF CompuServe GIF

PIC Apple Macintosh PICT

TGA Truevision

AVI AVI (First Frame)

The list of open file formats on page 5-2 in the Video for Windows "User's Guide" and in Video for Windows Help is misleading. BitEdit supports other graphic file formats only if graphic filters have been installed by another application and added to the [MS Graphic Import Filters] section of the WIN.INI file.

The following file formats are supported provided that Windows graphic filters have been installed for these formats.

PLT AutoCad Import

CGM Computer Graphics Metafile

WPG DrawPerfect

EPS Encapsulated PostScript

HGL HP Graphic Language

DRW Micrografx Designer Plus/Draw

WMF Microsoft Windows Metafile

TIF Tagged Image File Format

NOTE: The Video for Windows software does not include filters for these file formats.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, install an application that adds the desired Windows graphic filters, and rename the MMTOOLS.INI file in the Windows directory. This allows BitEdit to rebuild the list of available graphic formats in the MMTOOLS.INI file.

Keywords: KB116399

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