mork@blake.u.washington.edu (David Mork) (11/14/90)
Is there a collection of PC file formats (Lotus, Paradox, etc) on the net? I have yet to find a decent up to date book on the subject. Will the companies dispense this information? Any comments/advice would be greatly appreciated.
cs00chs@unccvax.uncc.edu (charles spell) (11/14/90)
In article <11053@milton.u.washington.edu>, mork@blake.u.washington.edu (David Mork) writes: > > Is there a collection of PC file formats (Lotus, Paradox, etc) > on the net? I have heard of a book that has PC file formats in it (forgot name, sorry). I am not sure how up to date it is. I am looking for a book describing graphics file formats also. IF anyone has any ideas please post. I am suprized that there are so many graphics file viewers/converters out there but there is none that I am aware of that covers all major formats. Anybody aware of any that are fairly comprehensive (covering most types)? -- .--------------------------. ... |On the border of your mind lies a place |uunet!mcnc!unccvax!cs00chs| (") |where dreams and reality are one...I will `--------------------------'-w-U-w-|take you there, for I am the subject... \%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\|the subject of your imagination. -Aldo Nova
stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley) (11/15/90)
cs00chs@unccvax.uncc.edu (charles spell) writes: > In article <11053@milton.u.washington.edu>, mork@blake.u.washington.edu (Davi > > > > Is there a collection of PC file formats (Lotus, Paradox, etc) > > on the net? > > I have heard of a book that has PC file formats in it (forgot name, sorry). There was such a book. I remember it. I didn't need it then, had no use for it, so I didn't buy it. Now I need it, and it is nowhere to be found. I have found a similar book, that is lighter technically. "Data Exchange" by Steven Ross, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-053923-5. It covers some info on many word processors and a few spreadsheets. > I am not sure how up to date it is. I am looking for a book describing > graphics file formats also. IF anyone has any ideas please post. I am The book "Bit-Mapped Graphics", by Steve Rimmer, Windcrest, ISBN 0-8306-3558-0, covers many of the graphics formats, including code for file viewers. It is rather light on TIFF. It also covers how the PC wants graphics data. I found this book very useful, even though I only wanted to write graphics to an unsupported VGA mode. <> "Aneth! That's a charming place!" "You've been to Aneth?" <> "Yes, but not yet." -- The Doctor and Seth, "The Horns of Nimon". >< <> "Sanity check!" "Sorry, we can't accept it, it's from out of state." - me