format_Create

Create an instance of a file format handler for a particular project map. This function, or format_CreateGeneric, must be called at least once by a file input/output plugin before it can be used to save or load map files.

ZFORMAT CExtAPI::format_Create(const char* lpMapName, const char* lpLongName, const char* lpFileExt, const char* lpNativeProgramName);

Null if an error occurred or the format already existed, and otherwise a valid ZFORMAT handle.

Valid project map names currently include:

• “Design map”
• “Heightfield”
• “Water map”
• “Salinity map”
• “Attributes map”
• “Terrain normals”
• “Light map”
• “Texture map”

More will be added in future.

// create my format
ZFORMAT hFormat = theAPI.format_Create("Design map", "L3DT Design Map File", "dmf", "L3DT");
if(!hFormat) {
  // do nothing; this probably means the format already exists.
} else {
  // set the flags
  theAPI.format_SetFlags(hFormat, true, false); // native I/O, but not mosaic
}