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From: tim@int13.hf.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.os.os2,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Where can I get the .BMP graphics file format specification?
Keywords: BMP BitMap Graphics Specification OS/2 PM Windows
Message-ID: <792@int13.hf.intel.com>
Date: 9 May 90 18:21:53 GMT
Followup-To: comp.graphics
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Organization: Intel Corp., OEM MicroComputer Platform Division, Hillsboro, OR
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Where can I get the specification for the .BMP bitmap graphics files that
Microsoft uses in OS/2 PM and Windows?  I would like to convert GIF files
to .BMP files for a PM/Windows background.  I have used (still have?) a
program for OS/2 which would convert or display GIFs, but have never seen
anything for converting them under DOS/Windows/Unix.  I have the pbmplus
package, and use it for printing GIF to PostScript or LaserJets.  I would
appreciate any pointers to or copies of the .BMP specification.

(also, anyone got a P[BGP]M to TIFF converter?  You can read TIFFs, but ya
can't write them.  With Word for Windows wanting TIFFs, this has become much
more important to get or write.)

Thanks in advance,

Tim Forsyth



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Tim Forsyth, tim@int13.hf.intel.com or forsytim@ccm.hf.intel.com
Intel Corp., OEM MicroComputer Platform Division, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA