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- Kudo½ Image Publisher(tm) for Windows TechNote
- (c) 1993 Imspace Systems Corporation.
- All Rights Reserved.
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-
- This file documents the structure and syntax of the KUDO.INI file.
- The KUDO.INI file follows the standard Windows syntax for all .INI files.
-
-
- ******************************************************************************
- These are the sections in KUDO.INI and their function:
-
- [KudoImageBrowserImports] Associates a file extension with a filter DLL
- [KudoPlacePacks] Associates an application with a place module
- [OLEDropTargets] Identifies a registered OLE 2.0 drop target
-
- Each of these sections can have zero or more entries following the section
- header.
-
- ******************************************************************************
- [KudoImageBrowserImports]
- -------------------------
- The entries in this section list all of the file types that Kudo Image Browser
- can recognize and catalog. This feature is provided to enable users to add
- more import filters & file types, and redefine what file extensions Kudo uses
- to recognize each file type.
-
- To read image and multimedia files of different formats, Kudo uses a modular
- system based on the industry standard Aldus filter specification. This system
- allocates a specific external Dynamic Link Library file (a .DLL file) for each
- file type to be recognized. These DLL's are known as import filters, or
- filters.
-
- Kudo uses a file's extension to identify what type of file it is, and
- consequently, which filter DLL to load in order to read that file. The
- [KudoImageBrowserImports] section of KUDO.INI tells Kudo 1) what file
- extension represents a particular file format, and 2) which filter to load in
- order to read that file.
-
- The syntax of one of these entries is:
-
- <description>=<path>,<extension>
-
- where
- <description>: Cosmetic text that describes the particular file type
- <path>: Path (full or relative) to the .FLT or .DLL file
- that functions as the import filter for this file
- type. This is a regular DOS pathname. If it is not a
- fully qualified path, it is interpreted as relative to
- the directory where the currently executing copy of
- KUDO.EXE was found.
- <extension>: 1-4 character text specifying the file extension to
- associate with this file type. The dot '.' is
- optional.
-
- There should be no spaces around the equal sign ('=') or comma (','). For
- example, the following entry:
-
- [KudoImageBrowserImports]
- ZSoft PC Paintbrush Bitmap=filters\IRPCX9.FLT,PCX
-
- would be interpreted as follows:
-
- <description>: "ZSoft PC Paintbrush Bitmap"
- <path>: "filters\IRPCX9.FLT"
- <extension>: "PCX"
-
- This entry tells Kudo that 1) files with a .PCX extension are "ZSoft PC
- Paintbrush Bitmap" files, and 2) the filter file "filters\IRPCX9.FLT" is the
- filter DLL to load when trying to read these files.
-
- For readability, the entries in the default KUDO.INI also include the file
- extension at the beginning of the <description> field, but this is cosmetic -
- only the <extension> field is actually used to determine the file extension.
-
- The same filter DLL can be specified in more than one entry. This way it is
- possible to alias several file extensions as the same file type. For example,
- the Micrographix Drawing File Format is listed twice in the default KUDO.INI
- file, for both the .DRW and .GRF file extensions. However, you can only
- have one entry for each file extension. For example, you cannot have two
- lines specifying .PCX as the file extension.
-
- By convention, the filter DLL's that are shipped with kudo bear the file
- extension .FLT, but they can have any file extension. It is recommended that
- abide by this convention and use a .FLT or .DLL extension.
-
- New file types can be added to Kudo simply by modifying KUDO.INI. Any DLL
- that implements the Aldus Graphic Import Mechanism, either Interface Version
- 1.0 or 2.0, can be listed as an import filter in the [KudoImageBrowserImports]
- section. This interface is documented in the Aldus "Filter Developer's
- Toolkit", published by Aldus Corporation. For questions about the Aldus
- standard, you can contact them at:
-
- Aldus Developers Desk
- Aldus Corporation
- 411 First Avenue South
- Seattle, WA 98104-2871
- 206/628-6593
-
-
-
- ******************************************************************************
- [KudoPlacePacks]
- ----------------
- This section lists each of the available place modules. These Place Modules
- are provided to enable Kudo to Drag and Drop with pinpoint accuracy onto
- applications that fall into one or more of the following three categories:
- 1) applications that are not registered as OLE 2.0 drop targets in the
- [OLEDropTargets] section (see below), 2) applications that do not accept an
- image file drop from the File Manager, or 3) applications that require special
- handling for a drop.
-
- Kudo uses an application's window caption to identify it, and consequently,
- match it with the appropriate place module, if it exists. The [KudoPlacePacks]
- section of KUDO.INI tells Kudo 1) which applications have place modules, and 2)
- which place modules to load in order to drag and drop to that application.
-
- The syntax of one of these entries is:
-
- <application name>=<path>,
-
- where
- <description>: The application caption as it appears on the title bar
- <path>: Path (full or relative) to the .DLL file that functions
- as place module for this application. This is a regular
- DOS pathname. If it is not a fully qualified path, it
- is interpreted as relative to the directory where the
- currently executing copy of KUDO.EXE was found.
-
-
- As in the [KudoImageBrowserImports] section described above, there should be
- no spaces around the equal sign ('=') or comma (','). The ending comma is
- required even if there is no accompanying comment.
-
-
- ******************************************************************************
- [OLEDropTargets]
- ----------------
- This section identifies applications which have implemented an OLE 2.0 drop
- target interface and have been tested as drop targets with Kudo.
-
- Kudo uses an application's window caption to identify it, and consequently,
- match it with the appropriate data transfer object module. The [OLEDropTargets]
- section of KUDO.INI tells Kudo 1) which applications are OLE 2.0 drop targets,
- and 2) which data transfer object to load in order to drag and drop to that
- application.
-
- The syntax of one of these entries is:
-
- <application name>=<path>,
-
- where
- <description>: The application caption as it appears on the title bar
- <path>: Path (full or relative) to the .DLL file that functions
- as the data transfer object module for this application.
- This is a regular DOS pathname. If it is not a fully
- qualified path, it is interpreted as relative to the
- directory where the currently executing copy of KUDO.EXE
- was found. By default, this data transfer object is
- mdataxfr.dll.
-
-
- As in the [KudoImageBrowserImports] section described above, there should be
- no spaces around the equal sign ('=') or comma (','). The ending comma is
- required even if there is no accompanying comment.
-
-
-
-