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<concept id="GUID-C1C0E7DF-6519-5648-AE5E-6D149AF1A89A" xml:lang="en"><title>Using

a Converter </title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>File Converter Framework provides APIs to list and search for converters.

It also provides an observer interface through which the progress and success

or failure of the conversion can be reported. </p>

<section><title>Introduction</title> <p>To convert a file or stream-based

object from one format to another, you must obtain a suitable converter from

the converter framework, request the converter to perform the conversion,

and clean up. You can optionally supply a conversion observer. </p> <p> <b>Note:</b> A

converter handles the relevant source and target data types. It can handle

files or streams or both, so its capabilities must be checked. </p> </section>

<section><title>Procedure</title> <ol id="GUID-53E64933-F26C-5A52-AE83-D2CEB7FD29FD">

<li id="GUID-CB63A5A9-C95A-5723-9258-02C18E794383"><p><xref href="GUID-A7DFDC4F-56C2-46B3-8B76-A6488BE4ABE0.dita">Get

a converter</xref>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-93618B1E-8F44-509B-8B51-1A93D9AF3578"><p><xref href="GUID-5E7A1041-B0E1-47E3-A3BF-6C9AE221B98F.dita">Request

for conversions</xref>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-52807E3E-D84A-5BFF-9F0F-552B73875117"><p><xref href="GUID-FC46AA09-3E04-426B-BAC0-A992EA1AE0B6.dita">Write

a conversion observer</xref>. </p> </li>

</ol> </section>

</conbody><related-links>

<link href="GUID-46121F24-AB53-5B44-A082-EF13A72EB7FF.dita"><linktext>Writing a

Converter</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-99AC84AE-C4C0-53AA-8984-51AE84EE7651.dita"><linktext>File Converter

Framework  Overview</linktext></link>