Corel Flow

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'''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.
  
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.
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== Disambiguation ==
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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.
  
 
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* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=corelflow Computer History Museum records on CorelFlow]
 
* [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=corelflow Computer History Museum records on CorelFlow]
 
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=kTgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA97&ots=yq6ig3x4u9&dq=corelflow&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q=corelflow&f=false InfoWorld Article on 1994 Release]
 
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=kTgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA97&ots=yq6ig3x4u9&dq=corelflow&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q=corelflow&f=false InfoWorld Article on 1994 Release]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/19961219021514/http://www.corel.com/news/1995/november/flow3.htm CorelFLOW™ 3 Challenges Visio 4 in Business Graphics and Flowcharting]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 3 December 2019

File Format
Name Corel Flow
Ontology
Extension(s) .cfl
Released 1989

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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] File Identification

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

[edit] Screenshots

CorelFlow2-Splash.png

[edit] Links

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