PPMA_TO_BMP
PPMA => BMP Graphics File Conversion

PPMA_TO_BMP is a C++ program which converts a PPMA (ASCII PPM) file to a Microsoft BMP file.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Related Data and Programs:

BMP is a data file directory which contains a description and examples of BMP files.

BMP_TO_PPMA is a C++ program which converts BMP files to PPMA files.

BMP_IO is a C++ library which contains many routines required by PPMA_TO_BMP.

PPMA is a data directory which contains a description and examples of PPMA files.

PPMA_IO is a C++ library which contains many routines required by PPMA_TO_BMP.

Usage:

ppma_to_bmp file.ppma file.bmp

reads data from file.ppma and creates an equivalent graphics file in file.bmp.

1. Microsoft Corporation,
   Microsoft Windows Programmer's Reference,
   Volume 5; Messages, Structures, and Macros,
   Microsoft Press, 1993.
2. http://netpbm.sourceforge.net
   the NETPBM homepage.

Source Code:

• ppma_to_bmp.C, the source code;
• ppma_to_bmp.csh, commands to compile link and load the source code;
• bmp_io.H, the include file for BMP_IO;
• ppma_io.H, the include file for PPMA_IO;

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for PPMA_TO_BMP.
• PPMA_TO_BMP reads a PPMA (ASCII PPM) file and writes a BMP file.
• I4MAT_VERT_FLIP swaps rows of an I4MAT, to flip it vertically.
• I4MAT_TO_UCMAT converts an I4MAT to a UCMAT.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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