Supported file types by name

All file types by name that is supported by IBM® StoredIQ® are listed, including category, format, extension, category, and version.

Table 1. Supported file types by name
Format Extension Category Version
Adobe Acrobat PDF graphic
  • 2.1
  • 3.0-7.0
  • Japanese
Adobe FrameMaker Graphics FMV graphic vector/raster through 5.0
Adobe FrameMaker Interchange Format MIF word processing 3.0-6.0
Adobe Illustrator graphic
  • Through 7.0
  • 9.0
Adobe Photoshop PSD graphic 4.0
Ami Draw SDW graphic all
ANSI TXT text and markup 7- and 8-bit
ASCII TXT text and markup 7- and 8-bit
AutoCAD DWG CAD
  • 2.5-2.6
  • 9.0-14.0
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2005
AutoShade Rendering RND graphic 2.0
Binary Group 3 Fax graphic all
Bitmap BMP, RLE, ICO, CUR, DIB, WARP graphic all
CALS Raster GP4 graphic Type I, II
Comma-Separated Values CSV spreadsheet
Computer Graphics Metafile CGM graphic
  • ANSI
  • CALS
  • NIST 3.0
Corel Clipart CMX graphic 5-6
Corel Draw CDR graphic 3.x-8.x
Corel Draw (CDR with Tiff header) graphic 2.x-9.x
Corel Presentations SHW presentation
  • Through 12.0
  • X3
Corel WordPerfect Windows WPD word processing
  • Through 12.0
  • X3
DataEase Database 4.X
dBase Database Database Through 5.0
dBXL Database 1.3
DEC WPS PLUS DX word processing Through 4.0
DEC WPS PLUS WPL word processing Through 4.1
DisplayWrite (2 and 3) IP word processing all
DisplayWrite (4 and 5) word processing Through 2.0
DOS command executable COM system
Dynamic link library files DLL system
EBCDIC text and markup all
ENABLE word processing
  • 3.0
  • 4.0
  • 4.5
ENABLE Database
  • 3.0
  • 4.0
  • 4.5
ENABLE Spreadsheet SSF spreadsheet
  • 3.0
  • 4.0
  • 4.5
Encapsulated Post-Script (raster) EPS graphic TIFF header
Executable files EXE system
First Choice Database Through 3.0
First Choice word processing Through 3.0
First Choice spreadsheet Through 3.0
FoxBase Database 2.1
Framework Database 3.0
Framework word processing 3.0
Framework spreadsheet 3.0
GEM Bit Image IMG graphic all
Graphics Interchange Format GIF graphic all
Graphics Environment Manager GEM VDI graphic Bitmap and vector
Gzip GZ archive all
Haansoft Hangul HWP word processing
  • 1997
  • 2002
Harvard Graphics (DOS) graphic
  • 2.x
  • 3.x
Harvard Graphics (Windows) graphic all
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language HPGL graphic 2
HTML HTM text and markup Through 3.0
IBM FFT text and markup all
IBM Graphics Data Format GDF graphic 1.0
IBM Picture Interchange Format PIF graphic 1.0
IBM Revisable Form Text text and markup all
IBM Writing Assistant word processing 1.01
Initial Graphics Exchange Spec IGES graphic 5.1
Java class files CLASS system
JPEG (not in TIFF format) JFIF graphic all
JPEG JPEG graphic all
JustSystems Ichitaro JTD word processing
  • 5.0
  • 6.0
  • 8.0-13.0
  • 2004
JustSystems Write word processing Through 3.0
Kodak Flash Pix FPX graphic all
Kodak Photo CD PCD graphic 1.0
Legacy word processing Through 1.1
Legato Email Extender

Deprecated as of version 7.6.0.22

 EMX Email
Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 spreadsheet Through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2) spreadsheet Through 2.0
Lotus 1-2-3 Charts 123 spreadsheet Through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite spreadsheet 1997-Millennium 9.6
Lotus AMI Pro SAM word processing Through 3.1
Lotus Freelance Graphics PRZ presentation Through Millennium
Lotus Freelance Graphics (OS/2) PRE presentation Through 2.0
Lotus Manuscript word processing 2.0
Lotus Notes NSF Email
Lotus Pic PIC graphic all
Lotus Snapshot graphic all
Lotus Symphony spreadsheet
  • 1.0
  • 1.1
  • 2.0
Lotus Word Pro LWP word processing 1996-9.6
LZA Self Extracting Compress archive all
LZH Compress archive all
Macintosh PICT1/2 PICT1/PICT1 graphic Bitmap only
MacPaint PNTG graphic NA
MacWrite II word processing 1.1
Macromedia Flash SWF presentation text only
MASS-11 word processing Through 8.0
Micrografx Designer DRW graphic Through 3.1
Micrografx Designer DSF graphic Win95, 6.0
Micrografx Draw DRW graphic Through 4.0
MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 MP3 multimedia
  • ID3 metadata only
  • These files can be harvested, but there is no data in them that can be used in tags.
MS Access MDB Database Through 2.0
MS Binder archive 7.0-1997
MS Excel XLS spreadsheet 2.2-2007
MS Excel Charts spreadsheet 2.x-7.0
MS Excel (Macintosh) XLS spreadsheet
  • 3.0-4.0
  • 1998
  • 2001
  • 2004
MS Excel XML XLSX spreadsheet
MS MultiPlan spreadsheet 4.0
MS Outlook Express EML Email 1997-2003
MS Outlook Form Template OFT Email 1997-2003
MS Outlook Message MSG Email all
MS Outlook Offline Folder OST Email 1997-2003
MS Outlook Personal Folder PST Email 1997-2007
MS PowerPoint (Macintosh) PPT presentation 4.0-2004
MS PowerPoint (Windows) PPT presentation 3.0-2007
MS PowerPoint XML PPTX presentation
MS Project MPP Database 1998-2003
MS Windows XML DOCX word processing
MS Word (Macintosh) DOC word processing
  • 3.0-4.0
  • 1998
  • 2001
MS Word (PC) DOC word processing Through 6.0
MS Word (Windows) DOC word processing Through 2007
MS WordPad word processing all
MS Works S30/S40 spreadsheet Through 2.0
MS Works WPS word processing Through 4.0
MS Works (Macintosh) word processing Through 2.0
MS Works Database (Macintosh) Database Through 2.0
MS Works Database (PC) Database Through 2.0
MS Works Database (Windows) Database Through 4.0
MS Write word processing Through 3.0
Mosaic Twin spreadsheet 2.5
MultiMate 4.0 word processing Through 4.0
Navy DIF word processing all
Nota Bene word processing 3.0
Novell Perfect Works word processing 2.0
Novell Perfect Works spreadsheet 2.0
Novell Perfect Works (Draw) graphic 2.0
Novell WordPerfect word processing Through 6.1
Novell WordPerfect (Macintosh) word processing 1.02-3.0
Office Writer word processing 4.0-6.0
OpenOffice Calc SXC/ODS spreadsheet
  • 1.1
  • 2.0
OpenOffice Draw graphic
  • 1.1
  • 2.0
OpenOffice Impress SXI/SXP/ODP presentation
  • 1.1
  • 2.0
OpenOffice Writer SXW/ODT word processing
  • 1.1
  • 2.0
OS/2 PMMetafile Graphics MET graphic 3.0
Paint Shop Pro 6 PSP graphic 5.0-6.0
Paradox Database (PC) Database Through 4.0
Paradox (Windows) Database Through 1.0
PC-File Letter word processing Through 5.0
PC-File+Letter word processing Through 3.0
PC PaintBrush PCX, DCX graphic all
PFS: Professional Plan spreadsheet 1.0
PFS: Write word processing A, B, C
Portable Bitmap Utilities PBM graphic all
Portable Greymap PGM graphic NA
Portable Network Graphics PNG graphic 1.0
Portable Pixmap Utilities PPM graphic NA
PostScript File PS graphic level II
Professional Write word processing Through 2.1
Professional Write Plus word processing 1.0
Progressive JPEG graphic NA
Q &A (database) Database Through 2.0
Q & A (DOS) word processing 2.0
Q & A (Windows) word processing 2.0
Q & A Write word processing 3.0
Quattro Pro (DOS) spreadsheet Through 5.0
Quattro Pro (Windows) spreadsheet
  • Through 12.0
  • X3
R:BASE 5000 Database Through 3.1
R:BASE (Personal) Database 1.0
R:BASE System V Database 1.0
RAR RAR archive
Reflex Database Database 2.0
Rich Text Format RTF text and markup all
SAMNA Word IV word processing
Smart Ware II Database 1.02
Smart Ware II word processing 1.02
Smart Ware II spreadsheet 1.02
Sprint word processing 1.0
StarOffice Calc SXC/ODS spreadsheet
  • 5.2
  • 6.x
  • 7.x
  • 8.0
StarOffice Draw graphic
  • 5.2
  • 6.x
  • 7.x
  • 8.0
StarOffice Impress SXI/SXP/ODP presentation
  • 5.2
  • 6.x
  • 7.x
  • 8.0
StarOffice Writer SXW/ODT word processing
  • 5.2
  • 6.x
  • 7.x
  • 8.0
Sun Raster Image RS graphic NA
Supercalc Spreadsheet spreadsheet 4.0
Text Mail (MIME) various Email
Total Word word processing 1.2
Truevision Image TIFF graphic Through 6
Truevision Targa TGA graphic 2
Unicode Text TXT text and markup all
UNIX TAR (tape archive) TAR archive NA
UNIX Compressed Z archive NA
UUEncoding UUE archive NA
vCard word processing 2.1
Visio (preview) graphic 4
Visio 2003 graphic
  • 5
  • 2000
  • 2002
Volkswriter word processing Through 1.0
VP Planner 3D spreadsheet 1.0
WANG PC word processing Through 2.6
WBMP graphic NA
Windows Enhanced Metafile EMF graphic NA
Windows Metafile WMF graphic NA
Winzip ZIP archive
WML text and markup 5.2
WordMARC word processor word processing Through Composer
WordPerfect Graphics WPG, WPG2 graphic Through 2.0, 7. and 10
WordStar word processing Through 7.0
WordStar 2000 word processing Through 3.0
X Bitmap XBM graphic x10
X Dump XWD graphic x10
X Pixmap XPM graphic x10
XML (generic) XML text and markup
XyWrite XY4 word processing Through III Plus
Yahoo! IM Archive archive
ZIP ZIP archive PKWARE-2.04g
There is a potential for EBCDIC files to be typed incorrectly. It is especially true for raw text formats that do not have embedded header information. In this case, IBM StoredIQ makes a best guess attempt at typing the file.