svirsky@ttidca.TTI.COM (Bill Svirsky) (10/31/89)
Can anyone tell me the format of Microsoft Windows Paint (.MSP) files, both
the old and new formats? Thanks.
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Bill Svirsky, Citicorp+TTI, 3100 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Work phone: 213-450-9111 x2597
svirsky@ttidca.tti.com | ...!{csun,psivax,rdlvax,retix}!ttidca!svirskypapa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (10/31/89)
In article <7264@ttidca.TTI.COM> svirsky@ttidca.tti.com (Bill Svirsky) writes: >Can anyone tell me the format of Microsoft Windows Paint (.MSP) files, both >the old and new formats? Thanks. Get a copy of "Microsoft Windows 2.0 Software Development Kit -- UPDATE", Part no. 02018. See Appendix C, pp. 90-95. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Diga and Caligari!" -- Rick Unland -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
dar@nucleus.UUCP (Dario Alcocer) (11/02/89)
In article <7264@ttidca.TTI.COM>, svirsky@ttidca.TTI.COM (Bill Svirsky) writes: > Can anyone tell me the format of Microsoft Windows Paint (.MSP) files, both > the old and new formats? Thanks. > > -- > Bill Svirsky, Citicorp+TTI, 3100 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405 > Work phone: 213-450-9111 x2597 > svirsky@ttidca.tti.com | ...!{csun,psivax,rdlvax,retix}!ttidca!svirsky The following is the Windows Paint file format, taken from the book "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook", by Thom Hogan (Microsoft Press, 1988), pg.298: Offset Length Usually: Description ------ ------ -------- -------------------------- 0 word 6144h ver. of Paint used to create 2 word 4d6eh ver. of Paint used to create 4 word width of bitmap in pixels 6 word height of bitmap in pixels 8 word X aspect ratio of bitmap A word Y aspect ratio of bitmap C word X aspect ratio of printer E word Y aspect ratio of printer 10 word width of printer in pixels 12 word height of printer in pixels 14 word used for checksum calcs 16 word used for checksum calcs 18 word checksum of header 1A word reserved 1C word reserved 1E word reserved 20 varies bitmap Notes: A Paint file version 1.01 consists of a 32-byte header, as described above, followed by a bitmap organized as scan lines. The total size of the bitmap will be = widthOfBitmap*heightOfBitmap/8 The 3rd through the 10th fields in the header are determined by calling GetDeviceCaps() Paint files in Windows 2.03 use a different format Hopes this helps. -- Dario Alcocer (San Diego, CA) via dar@nucleus.mi.org