OS/2 bitmap family

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IBM OS/2 used a different BMP file format than Microsoft Windows, so that the two formats are not interchangeable. See [[BMP]] for Windows Bitmap.
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Some IBM OS/2 BMP files had different formats than Microsoft Windows. See [[BMP]] for Windows Bitmap.
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== Versions ==
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=== OS/2 BMP 1.0 ===
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* PRONOM: {{PRONOM|fmt/115}}
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Version 1.0 is identical to [[BMP#Windows BMP v2|Windows BMP v2]].
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=== OS/2 BMP 2.0 ===
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* PRONOM: {{PRONOM|fmt/x-270}}
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The first two bytes of the file are a signature indicating the file's image type.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Signature
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! Image type
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! Notes
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|"BA" || Bitmap Array
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|"BM" || Bitmap || See [[BMP#OS/2 BMP 2.0|BMP]] for more about this type.
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|-
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|"CI" || Color Icon
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|"CP" || Color Pointer
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|-
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|"IC" || Icon
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|-
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|"PT" || Pointer
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|}
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
* OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Guide, Vol III [http://www.fileformat.info/format/os2bmp/spec/902d5c253f2a43ada39c2b81034f27fd/view.htm]
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* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/os2bmp/spec/902d5c253f2a43ada39c2b81034f27fd/view.htm OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Guide, Vol III]
 
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/os2bmp/egff.htm OS/2 Bitmap File Format Summary] From Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats at FileFormat.Info (1996)
 
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/os2bmp/egff.htm OS/2 Bitmap File Format Summary] From Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats at FileFormat.Info (1996)
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format Wikipedia page on the BMP file format] has some info related to OS/2
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format Wikipedia page on the BMP file format] has some info related to OS/2

Revision as of 23:14, 9 March 2013

File Format
Name OS/2 bitmap family
Ontology
Extension(s) .bmp
PRONOM x-fmt/270

Some IBM OS/2 BMP files had different formats than Microsoft Windows. See BMP for Windows Bitmap.

Contents

Versions

OS/2 BMP 1.0

Version 1.0 is identical to Windows BMP v2.

OS/2 BMP 2.0

The first two bytes of the file are a signature indicating the file's image type.

Signature Image type Notes
"BA" Bitmap Array
"BM" Bitmap See BMP for more about this type.
"CI" Color Icon
"CP" Color Pointer
"IC" Icon
"PT" Pointer

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