Images|Include/Exclude Registry entries

Specify image formats to include in / exclude from the list of image formats available in Vitalware.

Vitalware uses the open source ImageMagick libraries, which provide support for over 100 image file formats. The standard list of image formats available in Vitalware is:

  • BMP - Microsoft Windows Bitmap Image
  • DCX - ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush
  • GIF - CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format
  • JP2 - JPEG 2000
  • JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
  • PCD - Photo CD
  • PCX - ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush
  • PNG - Portable Network Graphics
  • TGA - Truevision Targa Image
  • TIFF - Tagged Image File Format

    Note: Vitalware will also automatically include any image formats registered by other applications installed on your computer.

It is possible to add image formats to the standard list with an Images|Include entry; and to remove them with an Images|Exclude entry.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users, groups and system-wide:

Key User Group Key System
Key 1 User Group Key 1 System
Key 2 user group Key 2 Setting
Key 3 Setting Key 3 Multimedia
Key 4 Multimedia Key 4 Images
Key 5 Images Key 5 Include or Exclude
Key 6 Include or Exclude    
Value format;format;... Value format;format;...
User user Setting Multimedia Images Include or Exclude format;format;...
Group group Setting Multimedia Images Include or Exclude format;format;...
System Setting Multimedia Images Include or Exclude format;format;...

where:

format;format;...

is a semicolon separated list of image formats to include / exclude.

Examples

If an organisation does not support DCX, PNG and PCX as image formats, the following entry will remove them from the Image Files list (first graphic below) and from the list of file types that can be generated (second image below):

Key Setting
Key 1 System
Key 2 Setting
Key 3 Multimedia
Key 4 Images
Key 5 Exclude
Value dcx;png;pcx

The Image Files list would look similar to:

Exclude

and the generate resolution dialogue would look similar to:

Note: Images of a type excluded in this way may still be added to Vitalware, however Vitalware will not recognise them as an image format and will not display the image on the Multimedia tab. The file will be treated as a document, similar to say a Microsoft Project document.

It is also possible to include image formats that are not added to the list by default. For example, if group Admin is allowed to add PostScript and PhotoShop files, while other users are not, the following entry could be used:

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Admin
Key 3 Setting
Key 4 Multimedia
Key 5 Images
Key 6 Include
Value psd;eps;ps

For users in group Admin the Image Files list will look like:

Include