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RTV Viewers Supported File Formats

The MARS Real-Time Viewer (RTV), available in different versions (Light, Advanced, MDMS), is engineered to natively display a broad spectrum of file formats commonly encountered within enterprise environments, including both modern and legacy types.

Representative List of Supported Formats:

  • Print Streams / Page Description Languages (PDLs):
  • IBM AFP (Advanced Function Presentation)
  • Xerox DJDE / Metacode / LCDS
  • HP PCL (Printer Command Language)
  • Adobe PostScript (PS)
  • Line Data / Text (including ASCII, EBCDIC variants with carriage control)
  • Standard Documents & Data:
  • Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)
  • Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, DOCM, RTF)
  • Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX, XLSB, XLSM)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX)
  • Open Document Formats (ODT, ODS, ODP, ODF, OOXML)
  • CSV (Comma Separated Values), TXT
  • HTML (HyperText Markup Language), MHT
  • XPS (XML Paper Specification), OXPS
  • Image Formats:
  • TIFF (Tagged Image File Format - including multi-page)
  • JPEG / JPG / JPG2
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
  • BMP (Windows Bitmap)
  • TGA (Truevision TGA)
  • Various CAD formats (e.g., DWG, DXF)
  • Other Raster/Vector (e.g., CAL, CALS, DCX, DIB, JBG, JED, MCA, NCR, PCX, PTO, WMF, SVG, HGPL)
  • Email Formats:
  • MSG (Microsoft Outlook Item)
  • EML (Electronic Mail Format)
  • Legacy/Archive Formats:
  • ABIC
  • CIF / CFF / CIMS
  • IMNET
  • ICA
  • Multimedia Formats:
  • Audio (WAV, OGG, MP3)
  • Video (MPEG, MP4, AVI, MOV)

Note: While support is extensive, specific features within formats (e.g., advanced PDF forms, specific CAD entity types) or performance characteristics may vary. Confirmation for less common or highly specific formats should be sought through detailed documentation or direct inquiry. The MDMS viewer typically inherits the format support of the Advanced Viewer.