View source for OPTIKS COM image

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Graphics
|extensions={{ext|com}}
|released=1988
}}
'''OPTIKS COM image''' refers to a self-displaying image format created by [[OPTIKS]], a graphics application by Keith P. Graham. It is in the form of a [[DOS executable (.com)|DOS COM]] file. The format was new in OPTIKS v2.11 (1988-11-01).<ref>According to the WHATS.NEW file from OPTIKS v2.15.</ref>

OPTIKS usually calls the format '''Self Scrolling COM file''' or '''Self Displaying COM file'''. The generated files contain the names '''OPTIKS Quick View''' and '''QVIEW'''.

== Identification ==
The first 22 bytes of a file are {{magic|0xe9 0x39 0x01 0x0d 0x0a}}, followed by ASCII "{{magic|OPTIKS&nbsp;Quick&nbsp;View}}".

== See also ==
* [[OPTIKS]]
* [[FMAC2COM]] - A format with a similar function, by the same author
* [[ICE (executable compression)#See also]], for other formats by the same author

== Software ==
* [[OPTIKS]] (some versions; write-only)

OPTIKS typically has a free and a commercial version. Some of the free versions refuse to save to COM format. The feature seems to work in at least free version 2.18b+.

No conversion utility is known, though you could execute the file in a DOS environment and take a screenshot.

== References ==
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[[Category:Executable envelopes]]