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This appendix contains a list of the document formats supported by the Inso filtering technology. The following topics are covered in this appendix:
Oracle Text uses document filtering technology licensed from Stellent Chicago, Inc. This filtering technology enables you to index most document formats. This technology also enables you to convert documents to HTML for document presentation, with the CTX_DOC package.
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For a list of supported formats, see "Supported Document Formats" in this Appendix. |
To use Inso filtering for indexing and DML processing, you must specify the INSO_FILTER object in your filter preference.
To use Inso filtering technology for converting documents to HTML with the CTX_DOC package, you need not use the INSO_FILTER indexing preference, but you must still set up your environment to use this filtering technology as described in this appendix.
To convert documents to HTML format, Inso filtering technology relies on shared libraries and data files licensed from Stellent Chicago, Inc.
The following sections discuss the supported platforms and how to enable Inso filtering on the different platforms.
Inso filter technology is supported on the following platforms:
All environment variables related to Inso filtering must be made visible to Oracle Text.
The following requirements apply to Solaris, IBM AIX, HP/UX, Digital UNIX, SGI, and Linux platforms:
$PATH variable to include the location of the *.flt files, in particular to the location of the file isunx2.flt, and to $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib which is the location of the shared libraries for Inso filtering$HOME environment variable to allow Inso technology to write files to a sub-directory (.oit) in $HOME directory.Follow these steps to filter vector graphic formats on UNIX platforms:
$DISPLAY environment variable. For example, setting DISPLAY=:0.0 tells the system to use the X server on the console.There are platform dependent limits on what Inso filter technology can do with OLE2 objects. On all platforms when a metafile snapshot is available, Inso technology will use it to convert the object.
When a metafile snapshot is not available on UNIX platforms, Inso technology cannot convert the OLE2 object.
However, when a metafile snapshot is not available on the NT platform, the original application is used (if available) to convert the OLE2 object.
The following table lists all of the document formats that Oracle Text supports for filtering. Document filtering is used for indexing, DML, and for converting documents to HTML with the CTX_DOC package. This filtering technology is based on Outside In HTML Export and Outside In Content Access technology licensed from Stellent Chicago, Inc.
| Format | Version |
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JustSystems Ichitaro |
Version 5.0, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 |
| Format | Version |
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Microsoft Word |
Versions 4.0 through 6.0 |
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Microsoft Word 98 |
Word 98 |
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WordPerfect |
Versions 1.02 through 3.0 |
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Microsoft Works |
Versions through 2.0 |
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MacWrite II |
Version 1.1 |
| Format | Version |
|---|---|
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Star Office Writer for Windows |
Version 5.2 |
| Format | Version |
|---|---|
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Adobe FrameMaker |
Version 6.0 |
| Format | Version |
|---|---|
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PDF - Portable Document Format |
Acrobat Versions 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 including Japanese PDF. |
The following table lists the graphic formats that the INSO filter recognizes. This means that indexing a text column that contains any of these formats produces no error. As such, it is safe for the column to contain any of these formats.
Password protected documents and documents with password protected content are not supported by the Inso filter.
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