Import FilterID

The following table shows the file extensions and the appropriate FilterId values for importing.

Extension	File Description	Import Options Links	FilterId Values
.AN1, .AN2	ACR-NEMA Medical Image		"nema"
.BLN	Golden Software Blanking		"bln"
.BMP	Windows Bitmap Image		"bmp"
.BNA	Atlas Boundary		"bna"
.DIC, .DCM	DICOM Medical Image File	DICOM Medical Image File Import Automation Options	"dicom"
.DDF	SDTS Topological Vector Profile	SDTS Topological Vector Profile Import Automation Options	"sdts2"
.DLG, .LGO, .LGS	USGS Digital Line Graph	Digital Line Graph Boundary Import Automation Options	"dlg"
.DXF	AutoCAD Drawing	AutoCAD Drawing Import Automation Options	"dxf"
.E00	Esri ArcInfo Export Format	Esri ArcInfo Export Format Import Automation Options	"e00"
.ECW	ER Mapper	ER Mapper Import Automation Options	"ecw"
.EMF	Windows Enhanced Metafile	Windows Enhanced Metafile Import Automation Options	"emf"
.GIF	Graphics Interchange Format Image		"gif"
.GML	Geography Markup Language		"gml"
.GSB	Golden Software Boundary		"gsb"
.GSI	Golden Software Interchange		"gsi"
.JPG, .JPEG	JPEG Compressed Bitmap		"jpg"
.KML, .KMZ	Google Earth Keyhole Markup File	Google Earth KML Import Automation Options	"kml"
.LAS	LiDAR Binary File	LiDAR Import Automation Options	"lidarw"
.MIF	MapInfo Interchange Format		"mif"
.NC	NetCDF Format	NetCDF Import Automation Options	"netcdf"
.PDF	Adobe Portable Document Format [.PDF]	PDF Import Automation Options	"pdf"
.PLT	Golden Software PlotCall		"plt"
.PLY	Stanford PLY		"ply"
.PNG	Portable Network Graphics Image		"png"
.PNM, .PPM, .PGM, .PBM	Portable Any Map Image		"pnm"
.RGB, .RGBA, .BW	Silicon Graphics Image		"sgi"
.SHP	Esri Shapefile		"shp"
.SID	LizardTech MrSID Image	LizardTech MrSID Import Automation Options	"sid"
.RAS, .SUN	Sun Raster Image		"sun"
.TGA	TrueVision Targa Image		"tga"
.TIF, .TIFF	Tagged Image Format		"tif"
.VTK	Visualization Toolkit		"vtk"
.WMF	Windows Metafile	Windows Metafile Import Automation Options	"wmf"
.X, .XIMG	AVS X-Image		"avsx"

Remarks

1. FilterId is required if no recognized file extension is used in FileName, or if the file extension supplied can be used by more than one file format.

2. FilterId is case-sensitive. File extensions are case-insensitive.

3. If FilterId is used the file extension is optional.

Import FilterID

Remarks

See Also