Corel Flow

CorelFlow was a flowcharting application developed by Corel. Released as a standalone product, it was also included in Corel Wordperfect Office Suite's 6, 7 & 8. CorelFlow was acquired by IMSI Software in 1998.

Disambiguation
Some format lists claim there is a "BMF" format associated with Corel Flow. It's not clear if this is a reference to the Corel Gallery clipart format, or to the IMSI FloorPlan 3D format, or just an error, or what.

File Format
CorelFlow files have the extension .CFL and use the OLE container format.


 * Version 1 released around 1989
 * Version 2 released around 1994
 * Version 3 released around 1996

File Identification
.CFL files created by version 2 & 3 have different internal structure which includes info on versions.

Links

 * CorelFlow 3 acquired by IMSI (archived)
 * Computer History Museum records on CorelFlow
 * InfoWorld Article on 1994 Release
 * CorelFLOW™ 3 Challenges Visio 4 in Business Graphics and Flowcharting