BMP_TO_PPMB
BMP => binary Portable Pixel Map (PPM) Conversion

BMP_TO_PPMB is a C++ program which converts a Microsoft BMP file to a binary Portable Pixel Map (PPM) file.

Usage:

bmp_to_ppmb file.bmp file.ppm

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

Licensing:

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

Languages:

BMP_TO_PPMB is available in a C++ version.

Related Data and Programs:

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

BMP_IO, a C++ library which reads or writes BMP graphics files.

PPMB, a data directory which contains a description and examples of binary Portable Pixel Map (PPM) files.

PPMB_TO_BMP, a C++ program which converts binary Portable Pixel Map (PPM) files to BMP files.

PPMB_IO, a C++ library which reads or writes binary Portable Pixel Map (PPM) files.

Reference:

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:

• bmp_to_ppmb.cpp, the source code;

Examples and Tests:

• blackbuck.bmp, a sample BMP file (a BINARY file!);
• blackbuck.ppm, the converted binary PPM file.

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for BMP_TO_PPMB.
• BMP_TO_PPMB reads a BMP file and writes a PPMB file.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.
• UCMAT_VERT_FLIP swaps rows of a UCMAT, to flip it vertically.

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