Creating a custom File Format

bidgeeman · Post by **bidgeeman** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:26 am

Hello all

I'm not sure if I have the right terminology.....but is it possible to make an application tha has it's own file format? Say if someone wants to save a configuration of images in a stack. Can you make your own project file format that a user can save to?

Any advice would be greatly apprectiated.

Thanks
Bidge

Janschenkel · Post by **Janschenkel** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:54 am

Sure - you can create XML or text files, or with a bit of work binary files to contain the project data. But you can also re-use the efficient stack format: save the relevant data as custom properties of a simple stack, and then use a different file extension (and stackFileType if you're on a Mac).

Jan Schenkel.