File extensions for resources

This table contains file extensions for specific types of resources and lists the order that the extensions are tried by InfoPrint when searching for that resource.

File extensions for resources

Type of Resource File Extensions Searched (see note)
BCOCA (bar code) objects
  1. No file extension
  2. OBJ
  3. OBJECT
Code pages
  1. ECP
  2. No file extension
  3. FONT3820
  4. FONT38PP
  5. CDP
  6. FONT300
Coded fonts
  1. No file extension
  2. FONT3820
  3. FONT38PP
  4. CFT
  5. FONT300
Font character sets, 240-pel resolution
  1. No file extension
  2. 240
  3. FONT3820
  4. FONT38PP
  5. CFT
  6. CDP
Font character sets, 300-pel resolution
  1. No file extension
  2. 300
  3. FONT300
  4. CFT
  5. CDP
Outline fonts
  1. No file extension
  2. OLN
  3. FONTOLN
  4. CFT
  5. CDP
TrueType and OpenType fonts, CMRs, and data object resources Entire file name, including extension; comes from the Resources Access Tables (RATs) creaetd by the AFP Resource Installer. If a CMR or a data object RAT is altered, PSF must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Form definitions
  1. No file extension
  2. FDEF3820
  3. FDEF38PP
  4. FDE
  5. FIL
GOCA (graphics) objects
  1. No file extension
  2. OBJ
  3. OBJECT
IOCA (IO image) objects
  1. No file extension
  2. OBJ
  3. OBJECT
MO:DCA Objects
  1. No file extension
  2. OBJ
  3. OBJECT
Overlays
  1. No file extension
  2. OVLY3820
  3. OVLY38PP
  4. OVL
  5. OLY
  6. OVR
Page definitions
  1. No file extension
  2. PDEF3820
  3. PDEF38PP
  4. PDE
Page segments
  1. No file extension
  2. PSEG3820
  3. PSEG38PP
  4. PSG
  5. PSE
Color mapping table
  1. No file extension
  2. SETUP
  3. SET
Presentation object container

For data object resources not installed in a Resource Access Table (RAT).

  1. No file extension
  2. DOR
Setup data
  1. No file extension
  2. SETUP
  3. SET
  4. COMSETUP
    Note:
  1. All file extensions must be in uppercase.
  2. If a file name includes a period (.), the file extension is that part of the file name that follows the period. For example, the file extension of the file name ARTWORK.PSEG3820 is PSEG3820.