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[Matthew Beckler <matthew.beckler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you all for the information, that helps a lot!

-Matthew


On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 6/19/2013 12:15 PM, jp charras wrote:
> > Le 19/06/2013 17:35, Matthew Beckler a écrit :
> >> Thanks Lorenzo!
> >>
> >> It looks like the bitmap conversion tool is generating modules in the
> old
> >> format, not the new s-expression format. I was just curious about the
> >> capabilities of the new file format. Do you know if there is any
> >> documentation about this yet?
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help,
> >> Matthew
> >>
> >
> > Since rev 4216 it generates both old and new formats for modules.
> > There is some info about S-expr in file_formats.pdf
> >
> >
>
> You could also import the generated module using the module editor.
> Once its loaded in the module editor, you can manipulate it like any
> other module.
>
> The new file format was designed to duplicate the full functionality of
> the legacy format along with some improvements to layers for future
> expansion.  So anything you could define in the legacy format should
> convert over to the new format without any issues.
>
> Wayne
>
>
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