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Article #15525Re: MacDraw/MacPaint file formats
From: afoster
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1987 19:31
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1987 19:31
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In article <viper.805> john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley) writes:
>
> I'd like to try doing some "tricky-stuff" with a few MacPaint and/or
>MacDraw files I have. Unfortunately, I don't know what the file format
>is on either one. If you have documentation on either would you please
>send it to me...?
>
> Tanks...!
>
The format of a macpaint picture is found in the mac
technical notes. As a quick summary, it is stored as
a packed bitmap of the whole page. To get to it, you have
to call Unpackbits for each line. Some sample code for this
is also in the tech notes. As for Macdraw, I think that it
is stored as a picture with comments to show where the objects
are, but I am not sure.
Good luck
May the force be with you !
Allan Foster afoster@ogcvax.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!seismo!vrdxhq!verdix!ogcvax!afoster From: afoster@ogcvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MacDraw/MacPaint file formats Message-ID: <1247@ogcvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Apr-87 14:31:51 EST Article-I.D.: ogcvax.1247 Posted: Fri Apr 10 14:31:51 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Apr-87 19:58:41 EST References: <viper.805> Reply-To: afoster@ogcvax.UUCP (Allan Foster) Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR Lines: 24 Keyword: macpaint