Conversion

Used by the Convert Dialog to determines the formats an application can read and write.

Registry Entry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID
\Conversion
\Readable
\Main = <forma>t, ...
\ReadWritable
\Main = <format>, ...

Value Entries

<format>

The file format an application can read (convert from).

<format>

The file format an application can read and write (activate as).

Remarks

Conversion information is used by the Convert dialog box to determine what formats an application can read and write. A comma-delimited file format is indicated by a number if it is one of the Clipboard formats defined in WINDOWS.H. A string indicates the format is not one defined in WINDOWS.H (private). In this case, the readable and writable format is CF_OUTLINE (private).

The following is a \Readable entry:

KEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000402-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
    \Conversion\Readable\Main = Outline,1 
 

The following is a \ReadWritable entry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000402-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
    \Conversion\Readwritable\Main = Outline,1