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From: Joachim_Kainz@p11.f11.n310.z2.fidonet.org (Joachim Kainz)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: .pcx file format
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Date: 25 May 91 21:03:00 GMT
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Reply-To: Joachim_Kainz%p11.f11.n310.z2@hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Joachim Kainz)
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Comment-To: Doug_Stevens@f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org (Doug Stevens)


 > Can anyone give me any info on the MS-Windows paintbrush .PCX file
 > format?  If not the file specs, a good source would suffice.

The PCX-Header contains:


offset      bytes       comment
---------------------------------------------------------------------
0           1           ID. must be set to 0x0A
1           1           version number
                              0 = version 2.5
                              2 = version 2.8 (with palette-info)
                              3 = version 2.8 (w/o  pallete-info)
                              5 = version 3.0
2           1           0 = uncoded, 1 = RLE-coded
3           1           bits per pixel
4           2           xMin
6           2           yMin
8           2           xMax
10          2           yMax
12          2           horizontal resolution (dots per inch)
14          2           vertical   resolution (dots per inch)
16          48          color map (16*3byte)
64          1           reserved
65          1           number of color planes (max. 4)
66          2           bytes per line (must be an even number)
68          2           palette-data (1 = color - B/W, 2 = gray-scale)
70          58          unused


If you need more information, just let me know.

Greetings from Vienna,
jfk.