Supported Data/Document Formats
The Helix MARS platform is engineered to handle a diverse array of data and document formats, encompassing standard office documents, images, print streams, and legacy application outputs.
Note: This list reflects commonly encountered formats based on available documentation and may not be exhaustive.
Common Format Examples:
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 (including EBCDIC and ASCII 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)
- Text Files (TXT, ASCII, EBCDIC)
- CSV (Comma Separated Values)
- HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
- XML (Extensible Markup Language)
- XSLT / XSLT:FO
- Open Document Formats (ODT, ODS, ODP, ODF, OOXML)
- XPS / OXPS
- MHT
Image Formats:
- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format - including multi-page)
- JPEG / JPG / JPG2
- GIF
- BMP
- PNG
- DICOM / DCM (Medical Imaging)
- Various CAD formats (DWG, DXF)
- Other raster formats (CAL, CALS, DCX, DIB, JBG, JED, MCA, NCR, PCX, PTO, TGA, WMF)
- Vector formats (SVG, HGPL)
Email Formats:
- MSG (Microsoft Outlook Item)
- EML (Electronic Mail Format)
Archive/Legacy Formats:
- ABIC
- CIF / CFF / CIMS
- IMNET
- ICA
Audio/Video Formats:
- MPEG, MP3, MP4
- AVI, MOV
- WAV, OGG