File formats & XML

DoView models (file) can be stored in any one of three formats. Files are saved in these formats by selecting the Save as type option in the save dialog box when you save (File > Save) a DoView model (file). Later versions of DoView, e.g. Version 2.0 can read files from earlier versions, but in a number of cases earlier versions (e.g. 1.18 cannot read files from later versions because new features have been added e.g. Version 2.0).

The three file types DoView can save in are:

•	DoView document - native DoView format - native DoView format, small file size, fast to load, you should usually use this file type.

•	DoView XML* document - compressed XML format - XML format relatively small file size (larger than the DoView document native format) (takes longer to load).

•	DoView XML document (uncompressed) - uncompresed XML format - XML format relatively large file size, you should use this file type if you want to move information between DoView and some other software which you have customized to accept or produce files readable by DoView.

*XML is a standard for information interchange between different types of software.