Contents
CorelDraw 3.00 Viewer

Diagnostic viewer for 3.00 CDR files.

Other topics:

Selecting Files

Contents

Info detail

The CDR3VIEW program displays the contents of CDR files created with CorelDraw 3.00. It shows significant information, including:

font usage

thumbnail bitmap

keywords

page layout and size

The CDR3VIEW program is a Visual Basic application, so you must have VBRUN100.DLL somewhere on your path.

The program starts up in the directory where it is installed. Click in the drive and directory boxes to get where you wish. Alternatively, you may drag a .CDR file from the File Manager to Cdr3View to activate it.

The File box will show all the files available in that directory. Simply click on the one of interest, and the Contents box will fill with the table of contents for that file.

Finally, click on the item of interest in the Contents box. The Info box will fill with interesting data about that item.


Info Box
Cdr3View Info Box

The Info box contains detailed information about the section in the Contents box.

Not all sections display useful information. At this point (Rev 1), the following sections yield interesting information.

mcfg	page size, orientation, grid settings, ruler settings

lobj	object type and a list of properties

txth	the keywords and topic

ftbl	the list of fonts used in the drawing

imhd	shows the image header bitmap (not in the Info box, though)

vrsn	the version of CorelDraw that wrote the file

The Info box is, in fact, an editable box, so you can type right into it (although I don't know why you might want to). You can also select the text in the box and use Ctrl-Ins to copy it to the clipboard.


Contents Box
Cdr3View Contents Box

The Contents box lists the major sections in the CDR file. For those of you who are programmers, you recognize this as being a RIFF table.

The following sections are of interest:

LIST	a collection of other sections

we have LISTs for:

INFO	general data about the drawing

page	the actual drawing

layr	data about a layer

grup	a grouped collection of graphics

vrsn	the version number of CorelDraw that wrote the file

lobj	a graphic element

mcfg	the default configuration for the drawing

txth	keyword and topic information

imhd	the bitmap thumbnail for the drawing

As you click on the various lines in the Contents box, the Info box will fill with details about the selection. The only exception is the imhd section, in which case the bitmap is shown. You can clear the bitmap by hitting any key or making any other selection.


Visual Basic is a product and (I believe) a trademark of Microsoft Corp.


CDR files are produced by CorelDraw 3.00. The format is only understood by CorelDraw itself and this program. These files contain one-page-at-a-time graphics.

By the way, all patterna are stored in CDR format, with the extensions .PAT.


This program is supplied free of charge, and unsupported. We are not responsible for any problems or errors which may occur due to its use.


Selecting Files
Cdr3View: Selecting Files

To select a file, navigate through the three selection boxes.

The Drive selection box lists the disks that are available. Simply click on your choice.

The Directory selection box lists the levels of availalbe directories on the given disk. Double-click on the desired directory to select it.

The Files selection box is simply a list of the available files, in alphabetical order. Simply click on the desired file.

The Info box will show the file name and size. If the file is a CorelDraw 2.00 CDR file, the info box will inform you of that. Other file types that are recognized:

pkzip files

windows bitmap files

windows executable files

windows help files

CorelDraw 3.00 files will also fill the Contents box with the table of contents.