Files conversion supported by DCS | HCL Digital Experience

View a list of file types that are supported by DCS for conversion.

HCL Digital Experience has a feature that allows you to view documents as HTML files. This feature is useful if you do not have access to the application used to create the file. The following table lists file types that are supported by DCS for file conversion.

Table 1. Archive file types that are supported by DCS

Archive	Version
7z (BZIP2 and split archives not supported)
7z Self Extracting exe (BZIP2 and split archives not supported)
LZA Self Extracting Compress
LZH Compress
Microsoft™ Office Binder	95 - 97
Microsoft™ Cabinet (CAB)
RAR	1.5, 2.0, 2.9
Self-extracting.exe
UNIX™ Compress
UNIX™ GZip
UNIX™ tar
Uuencode
Zip	PKZip
Zip	WinZip

Table 2. Database file types that are supported by DCS

Database	Version
DataEase	4.x
DBase	III, IV, V
First Choice DB	Through 3.0
Framework DB	3.0
Microsoft™ Access (text only)	1.0, 2.0, 95 - 2010
Microsoft™ Access Report Snapshot (File ID only)	2000 - 2003
Microsoft™ Works DB for DOS	2.0
Microsoft™ Works DB for Macintosh	2.0
Microsoft™ Works DB for Windows™	3.0, 4.0
Microsoft™ Works DB for DOS	1.0
Paradox for DOS	2.0 - 4.0
Paradox for Windows™	1.0
Q&A Database	Through 2.0
R:Base	R:Base 5000
R:Base	R:Base System V
Reflex	2.0
SmartWare II DB	1.02

Table 3. Email file types that are supported by DCS

Email	Version
Apple Mail Message (EMLX)	2.0
Encoded mail messages	MHT
Encoded mail messages	Multi Part Alternative
Encoded mail messages	Multi Part Digest
Encoded mail messages	Multi Part Mixed
Encoded mail messages	Multi Part News Group
Encoded mail messages	Multi Part Signed
Encoded mail messages	TNEF
EML with Digital Signature	SMIME
IBM® Lotus Notes® Domino® XML Language DXL	8.5
IBM® Lotus Notes® NSF (File ID)	7.x, 8.x
IBM® Lotus Notes® NSF (Win32, Win64, Linux™ x86-32 and Oracle Solaris 32-bit only with Notes® Client or Domino® Server)	8.x
MBOX Mailbox	RFC 822
Microsoft™ Outlook (MSG)	97 - 2013
Microsoft™ Outlook Express® (EML)
Microsoft™ Outlook Forms Template (OFT)	97 - 2013
Microsoft™ Outlook OST	97 - 2013
Microsoft™ Outlook PST	97 - 2013
Microsoft™ Outlook PST (Mac)	2001
MSG with Digital Signature	SMIME

Table 4. Multimedia file types that are supported by DCS

Multimedia	Version
AVI (Metadata only
DICOM (File ID only)
Flash (text extraction only)	6.x, 7.x, Lite
Flash (File ID only)	9, 10
MP3 (ID3 metadata only)
MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 V ID3 v1 (Metadata only)
MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 V ID3 v2 (Metadata only)
MPEG-1 Video V 2 (File ID only)
MPEG-1 Video V 3 (File ID only)
MPEG-2 Audio (File ID only)
MPEG-4 (Metadata only)
MPEG-7 (Metadata only)
QuickTime (Metadata only)
Windows™ Media ASF (Metadata only)
Windows™ Media DVR-MS (Metadata only)
Windows™ Media Audio WMA (Metadata only)
Windows™ Media Playlist (File ID only)
Windows™ Media Video WMV (Metadata only)
WAV (Metadata only)

Table 5. Other file types that are supported by DCS

Other	Version
AOL Messenger (File ID only)	7.3
Microsoft™ InfoPath (File ID only)	2007
Microsoft™ Live Messenger (via XML filter)	10.0
Microsoft™ Office Theme files (File ID only)	2007 - 2013
Microsoft™ OneNote (text only)	2007, 2010
Microsoft™ Project (table view only)	98 - 2003
Microsoft™ Project (table view only)	2007, 2010
Microsoft™ Windows™ Compiled Help (File ID only)	.chm
Microsoft™ Windows™ DLL
Microsoft™ Windows™ Executable
Microsoft™ Windows™ Explorer Command (File ID only)	.scf
Microsoft™ Windows™ Help (File ID only)	.hlp
Microsoft™ Windows™ Shortcut (File ID only)	.Ink
Trillian Text Log File (via text filter)	4.2
Trillian XML Log File (File ID only)	4.2
TrueType Font (File ID only)	ttf, ttc
vCalendar	2.1
vCard	2.1
Yahoo! Messenger	6.x - 8

Table 6. Presentation file types that are supported by DCS

Presentation	Version
Apple iWork Keynote (MacOS, text, and PDF preview)	09
Harvard Graphics Presentation DOS	3.0
IBM® Lotus® Symphony® Presentations	1.x
Kingsoft WPS Presentation	2010
Lotus® Freelance	1.0 - Millennium 9.8
Lotus® Freelance for OS/3	2
Lotus® Freelance for Windows™	95, 97, SmartSuite® 9.8
Microsoft™ PowerPoint for Macintosh	4.0 - 2011
Microsoft™ PowerPoint for Windows™	3.0 - 2013
Microsoft™ PowerPoint for Windows™ Slideshow	2007 - 2013
Microsoft™ PowerPoint for Windows™ Template	2007 - 2013
Novell Presentations	3.0, 7.0
OpenOffice Impress	1.1, 3.0
Oracle Open Office Impress	3.x
StarOffice Impress	5.2 - 9.0
Wordperfect Presentations	5.1 - X5

Table 7. Raster Image file types that are supported by DCS

Raster Image	Version
Adobe™ Photoshop	4.0
Adobe™ Photoshop PSD (File ID only)
Adobe™ Photoshop	CS1 - 6
CALS Raster (GP4)	Type I
CALS Raster (GP4)	Type II
Computter Graphics Metafile	ANSI
Computer Graphics Metafile	CALS
Computer Graphics Metafile	NIST
Encapsulated PostScript™ (EPS)	TIFF header Only
GEM Image (Bitmap)
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
IBM® Graphics Data Format (GDF)	1.0
IBM® Picture Interchange Format	1.0
JBIG2	Graphic Embeddings in PD
JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format)
JPEG
JPEG 2000	JP2
Kodak Flash Pix
Kodak Photo CD	1.0
Lotus® PIC
Lotus® Snapshot
Macintosh PICT	BMP only
Macintosh PICT 2	BMP only
MacPaint
Microsoft™ Windows™ Bitmap
Microsoft™ Windows™ Cursor
Microsoft™ Windows™ Icon
OS/2 Bitmap
OS/2 Warp Bitmap
Paint Shop Pro (Win32 only)	5.0, 6.0
PC Paintbrush (PCX)
Portable Bitmap (PBM)
Portable Graymap PGM
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Portable Pixmap (PPM)
Progressive JPEG
StarOffice Draw	6.x - 9.0
Sun Raster
TIFF	Group 5 & 6
TIFF CCITT	Group 3 & 4
TruVision TGA (Targa)	2.0
Word Perfect Graphics	1.0
WBMP wireless graphics format
X-Windows Bitmap	x10 compatible
X-Windows Dump	x10 compatible
X-Windows Pixmap	x10 compatible
WordPerfect Graphics	2.0 - 10.0

Table 8. Spreadsheet file types that are supported by DCS

Spreadsheet	Version
Apple iWork Numbers (MacOS, text, and PDF preview)	09
Enable Spreadsheet	3.0 - 4.5
First Choice SS	Through 3.0
Framework SS	3.0
IBM® Lotus® Symphony® Spreadsheets	1.x
Kingsoft WPS Spreadsheets	2010
Lotus® 1-2-3®	Through Millennium 9.8
Lotus® 1-2-3® Charts (DOS and Windows™)	Through 5.0
Lotus® 1-2-3® for OS/2	2.0
Microsoft™ Excel Charts	2.x - 2007
Microsoft™ Excel for Macintosh	98 - 2011
Microsoft™ Excel for Windows™	3.0 - 2013
Microsoft™ Excel for Windows™ (text only)	2003 XML
Microsoft™ Excel for Windows™ (.xlsb)	2007 - 2013 (Binary)
Microsoft™ Works SS for DOS	2.0
Microsoft™ Works SS for Macintosh	2.0
Microsoft™ Works SS for Windows™	3.0, 4.0
Multiplan	4.0
Novell PerfectWorks Spreadsheet	2.0
OpenOffice Calc	1.1 -3.0
Oracle Open Office Calc	3.x
PFS: Plan	1.0
QuattroPro for DOS	Through 5.0
QuattroPro for Windows™	Through X5
SmartWare Spreadsheet
SmartWare II SS	1.02
StarOffice Calc	5.2 - 9.0
SuperCalc	5.0
Symphony®	Through 2.0
VP -Planner	1.0

Table 9. Text & Markup file types that are supported by DCS

Text & Markup	Version
ANSI Text	7 & 8 bit
ASCII Text	7 & 8 bit
DOS character set
EBCDIC
HTML (CSS rendering not supported)	1.0 - 4.0
IBM® DCA/RFT
Macintosh character set
Rich Text Format (RTF)
Unicode Text	3.0, 4.0
UTF-8
Wireless Markup Language
XML (text only)
XHTML (file ID only)	1.0

Table 10. Vector Image file types that are supported by DCS

Vector Image	Version
Adobe™ Illustrator	4.0 - 7.0
Adobe™ Illustrator (PDF Preview only)	9.0, CSI - 6
Adobe™ Illustrator XMP	CSI - 6
Adobe™ InDesign XMP	CSI - 6
Adobe™ InDesign Interchange XMP only
Adobe™ PDF	1.0 - 1.7 (Acrobat 1- 10)
Adobe™ PDF Package	1.7 (Acrobat 8 - 10)
Adobe™ PDF Portfolio	1.7 (Acrobat 8 - 10)
Ami Draw	SDW
AutoCAD Drawing	2.5, 2.6
AutoCAD Drawing	9.0 - 14.0
AutoCAD Drawing	2000i - 2012
AutoShade Rendering	2
Corel Draw	2.0 - 9.0
Corel Draw Clipart	5.0, 7.0
Enhanced Metafile (EMF)
Escher graphics
FrameMaker Graphics (FMV)	3.0 - 5.0
Gem File (Vector)
Harvard Graphics Chart DOS	2.0 - 3.0
Harvard Graphics for Windows™
HP Graphics Language	2.0
IGES Drawing	5.1 - 5.3
Micrografx Designer	Through 3.1
Micrografx Designer	6.0
Micrografx Draw	Through 4.0
Microsoft™ XPS (Text only)
Novell PerfectWorks Draw	2
OpenOffice Draw	1.1 - 3.0
Oracle Open Office Draw	3.x
SVG (processed as XML, not rendered)
Visio (Page Preview mode WMF/EMF)	4.0
Visio	5.0 - 2007
Visio XML VSX (File ID only)	2007
Windows™ Metafile

Table 11. Word-Processing file types that are supported by DCS

Word Processing	Version
Adobe™ FrameMaker (MIF only)	3.0 - 6.0
Adobe™ Illustrator Postscript	Level 2
Ami
Ami Pro for OS2
Ami Pro for Windows™	2.0, 3.0
Apple iWork pages (MacOS, text, and PDF preview)	09
DEC DX	Through 4.0
DEC DX Plus	4.0, 4.1
Enable Word Processor	3.0 - 4.5
First Choice WP	1.0, 3.0
Framework WP	3.0
Hangul	97 - 2010
IBM® DCA/FFT	2.0 - 5.0
IBM® DisplayWrite®	1.01
IBM® Writing Assistant
Ichitaro	5.0, 6.0, 8.0 - 13.0, 2004, 2010
JustWrite	Through 3.0
Kingsoft WPS Writer	2010
Legacy	1.1
Lotus® Manuscript	Through 2.0
Lotus Word Pro® (text only)	9.7, 96 - Millennium 9.8
MacWrite II	1.1
Mass 11	Through 8.0
Microsoft™ Publisher (File ID only)	2003 - 2007
Microsoft™ Word for DOS	4.0 - 6.0
Microsoft™ Word for Macintosh	4.0 - 6.0, 98 - 2011
Microsoft™ Word for Windows™	1.0 - 2013
Microsoft™ Word for Windows™ (text only)	2003 XML
Microsoft™ Word for Windows™	98-J
Microsoft™ WordPad
Microsoft™ Works WP for DOS	2.0
Microsoft™ Works WP for Macintosh	2.0
Microsoft™ Works WP for Windows™	3.0, 4.0
Microsoft™ Write for Windows™	1.0 - 3.0
MultiMate	Through 4.0
MultiMate Advantage	2.0
Navy DIF
Nota Bene	3.0
Novell PerfectWorks Word Processor	2.0
OfficeWriter	4.0 - 6.0
OpenOffice Writer	1.1 - 3.0
Oracle Open Office Writer	3.x
PC File Doc	5.0
PFS: Write	A, B
Professional Write for DOS	1.0, 2.0
Professional Write Plus for Windows™	1.0
Q&A Write	2.0, 3.0
Samna Word IV	1.0 - 3.0
Samna Word IV+
Samsung jungUm Global (File ID only)
Signature	1.0
SmartWare II WP	1.02
Sprint	1.0
StarOffice Writer	5.2 - 9.0
Total Word	1.2
Wang IWP	Through 2.6
WordMarc Composer
WordMarc Composer+
WordMarc Word Processor
WordPerfect for DOS	4.2
WordPerfect for Macintosh	1.02 - 3.1
WordPerfect for Windows™	5.1 - X5
Wordstar 2000 for DOS	1.0- 3.0
Wordstar 2000 for DOS	2.0, 3.0
Wordstar for DOS	3.0 - 7.0
Wordstar for Windows™	1.0
XyWrite	Through III+