Picture Catalog (Spinnaker .CAT)
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== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
Files begin with ASCII "{{magic|CAT }}", and have "{{magic|CLIPFORM}}" at offset 8. | Files begin with ASCII "{{magic|CAT }}", and have "{{magic|CLIPFORM}}" at offset 8. | ||
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* [{{DiscMasterURL|browse/30054/wbiz0700-0709/wbiz0704.tar/wbiz0704/BMW-3.ZIP/ARTCAT.LIB}}] | * [{{DiscMasterURL|browse/30054/wbiz0700-0709/wbiz0704.tar/wbiz0704/BMW-3.ZIP/ARTCAT.LIB}}] | ||
* [{{DiscMasterURL|browse/30007/wbiz0230-0239/wbiz0239.tar/wbiz0239}}] → WPFSPUB*.ZIP (see WPFSPUB2.ZIP/ART.PPK) | * [{{DiscMasterURL|browse/30007/wbiz0230-0239/wbiz0239.tar/wbiz0239}}] → WPFSPUB*.ZIP (see WPFSPUB2.ZIP/ART.PPK) | ||
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Revision as of 02:02, 23 December 2025
Picture Catalog (.CAT) is a file format used by at least two Windows 3.x applications by Spinnaker: PFS:Publisher, and Brochures and Mailers. It contains thumbnail images, and other metadata.
It's plausible that the format is also used by the Spinnaker versions of PFS:First Publisher, but this hasn't been determined.
The format is Windows-centric, so it's probably not used by any of the DOS software in the "PFS" family. See also ART (PFS: First Publisher).
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Format details
CAT appears to be derived from the IFF "CAT" aggregate format, except that it uses little-endian byte order. The FourCCs remain in the same order as they would in IFF.
Identification
Files begin with ASCII "CAT ", and have "CLIPFORM" at offset 8.
Software
Sample files
- [1] → *.CAT
- [2]
- [3] → WPFSPUB*.ZIP (see WPFSPUB2.ZIP/ART.PPK)
- dexvert samples — image/pictureCatalogSpinnaker
