Topic:
Where are GeoFrame default interpretation import/export format files stored?

Description:
Project default format files can be inadvertently deleted or overwritten when
defining a user defined format file for importing data. If the default file has
not been copied prior to being replaced, it must be recovered from elsewhere.

Solution:
The file can be recovered in two ways:
1) Copy it from the Default DSL of another project.
2) Copy it from the $GF_PATH/ies_files/ directory.
   $GF_PATH is defined in a GeoFrame xterm.

If the original file has been replaced in the $GF_PATH/ies_files directory,
another may be obtained by calling GeoQuest Customer Support.


The default export/import format files are initially created for a project when
either the import or export options are accessed for the first time in the IESX
Data Manager.  The files are stored in the project's Default DSL (where the *.da
file is located). When a user defined format file is created for exporting and
then copied over one of the default format files for importing, it overwrites
that default format file.  The file is lost unless it has been saved before
being overwritten.

Note the file size difference between the *_ci7*.ifdf and *.ifdf files in
GeoFrame and IESX 10.2.  In GeoFrame the 3d_ci7.ifdf is 3254 bytes, in IESX 10.2
it is 3011 bytes. The difference is in the Header formats where the GeoFrame
*_ci7*.ifdf file adds information on format file name, XY units, Z units (an
additional 12 lines).

See the following entries for additional information:
5013  What is required for importing horizon interpretation through DataManager?
5225  How to import horizon interpretation which is not in one of the standard
      formats.
7385  Where to find the import/export card image format information in online
      help?
9723  Error: "Invalid line type" when importing interpretation in user defined
      format.
10210 What are the required fields to ASCII import interpretation? 
11594 Where are the IESX 10.2 interpretation export/import format files stored?



Last Modified on: 19-APR-00