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  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Global Properties of the File</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="styles_internal_const.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix C. GPSBabel XCSV Style Files</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="style_behavior.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" ><a id="style_global"></a>Global Properties of the File</h2></div></div></div><p>
There are a few available directives to describe general traits of the 
file being described and not specific data within the file itself.
</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="style_global_description"></a>DESCRIPTION</h3></div></div></div><p>
This is the description of the file format being described. This text
appears in the help screens and in menus used by the various GUI wrappers.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="style_global_extension"></a>EXTENSION</h3></div></div></div><p>
This directive gives the filename extension generally associated with
this file.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="style_global_encoding"></a>ENCODING</h3></div></div></div><p>
Describes the character set used by this format.  The value given
must be one listed by 'gpsbabel -l'.    example:
</p><pre class="screen">   ENCODING          UTF-8	# Use UTF-8 for input and output.
</pre></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="style_global_datum"></a>DATUM</h3></div></div></div><p>
This value specifies the GPS datum to be used on read or write. Valid values for this 
option are listed in <a class="xref" href="Datums.html" title="Appendix A. Supported Datums">Appendix A, <em>Supported Datums</em></a>.
</p><pre class="screen">   DATUM             European 1950
</pre></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="style_global_datatype"></a>DATATYPE</h3></div></div></div><p>
Specifies the kind of data we have to read or write.
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By default all data are seen as waypoint data. With DATATYPE you are now able to bind
a specific type to this format. Possible values are WAYPOINT, ROUTE or TRACK.
</p><pre class="screen">   DATATYPE          ROUTE # route-only format
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