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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Bitmap files & multiplane displays
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Date: 2 Sep 88 22:17:00 GMT
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    Date: 2 Sep 88 15:30:17 GMT
    From: stan!garya@boulder.colorado.edu  (Gary Aitken)

    However, it appears there is no way short of the client decoding
    the bitmap file itself to get a bitmap file into Pixmap format.
    Is this true, or am I missing something?

You aren't missing anything, except the functionality you require.
This has been pointed out a number of times.