Supported Formats Overview Supported Formats Overview
Supported Formats dialog
The Supported Formats dialog allows you to specify which file types should be displayed within Smart Pix Manager and what method should be used to display and edit them. You can display the Supported Formats dialog by selecting File>Supported Formats
Note: these options are hidden if you are using the Simplified Interface mode
Smart Pix Manager categorizes all of its files into 7 types:
Image Files: These are all common image formats
Video Files: These are video files supported by Smart Pix Manager
Sound Files: These are sound files supported by Smart Pix Manager
Common Windows Files: These are Office, Adobe Acrobat and HTML files that are supported by Smart Pix Manager
Text Files: These are plain text and rich text files
Custom formats: These are formats that you have specified that Smart Pix Manager should include
Other: These are all files that do not fit into the above categories
For further information on Smart Pix Manager's supported formats and expanding them view the Supported Formats List
You can specify whether to include or exclude each category by checking its item
You can control further details for each category you have selected by clicking on the tabs:
File Extensions
This the list of file extensions for each file type. You can add extra formats or block certain formats within each file type by clicking the 'Select Button'
Single-Click
This is your setting for the Standard Display Method for each file type, that is, what happens when you click upon that file type
The following settings are available:
- Ignore (do not display): The file will not be displayed (though you can still select it for moving, copying, deleting, etc).
- Use Windows Default Program: The file will be launched into the default program associated with it in Windows (Do not use this option if Smart Pix Manager is associated with the file type!)
- Display with Specified Editor: The editor that you have specified for the file type under the Editor tab will be used to display the file
- Display with Smart Pix Manager *: Smart Pix Manager displays the file
- Display Full-Screen in Smart Pix Manager *: Smart Pix Manager goes into full-screen mode and displays the file
* Only available if Smart Pix Manager supports the particular file type internally
Double-Click
This is your setting for the Extended Display Method for each file type, that is, what happens when you double-click upon that file type
The following settings are available:
- Ignore (do not display): The file will not be displayed (though you can still select it for moving, copying, deleting, etc).
- Use Windows Default Program: The file will be launched into the default program associated with it in Windows (Do not use this option if Smart Pix Manager is associated with the file type!)
- Display with Specified Editor: The editor that you have specified for the file type under the Editor tab will be used to display the file
- Display with Smart Pix Manager *: Smart Pix Manager displays the file
- Display Full-Screen in Smart Pix Manager *: Smart Pix Manager goes into full-screen mode and displays the file
* Only available if Smart Pix Manager supports the particular file type internally
Editor
This allows you to specify your preferred editor for each file type. When you click Ctrl+E the file will be launched into the specified editor
Database
This allows you to set the default method of database storage for each file type. Click here for more information on the DB Storage Methods.
Associations
The term associations refers to the program that Windows uses to display a particular file type. E.g. if *.jpg files are associated with Smart Pix Manager then when you click on a *.jpg file in windows then Smart Pix Manager is loaded to display the file.
Click the 'File Associations' button to select the formats that are associated with Smart Pix Manager.
Multimedia
You may be able to expand the formats available to Smart Pix Manager by clicking the 'Expand' button. This will poll all the formats of Smart Pix Manager and check whether the format is available but not registered with windows.
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