TGA_IO
Routines to Read a TARGA or TGA file

TGA_IO is a C++ library which can read the information contained in a TGA or TARGA graphics file.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

TGA_IO is available in a C++ version.

Related Data and Programs:

TGA, a data directory which contains a description and examples of the TGA format.

Reference:

1. The TGA File Format,
   available in http://www.scs.fsu.edu/~burkardt/pdf/targa.pdf
2. http://www.scs.fsu.edu/~burkardt/txt/tga_format.txt

Source Code:

• tga_io.cpp, the source code.
• tga_io.hpp, the include file.
• tga_io.sh, commands to compile the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• tga_io_test.cpp, a sample calling program.
• tga_io_test.sh, commands to compile and run the sample program.
• tga_io_test.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• TGA_BYTE_SWAP_GET returns the internal value of TGA_BYTE_SWAP.
• TGA_BYTE_SWAP_SET sets the internal value of TGA_BYTE_SWAP.
• TGA_HEADER_PRINT prints the header of a TGA file.
• TGA_HEADER_READ reads the header of a TGA file.
• TGA_HEADER_WRITE writes the header of a TGA file.
• TGA_COLOR_MAP_READ reads the color map of a TGA file.
• TGA_COLOR_MAP_WRITE writes the color map of a TGA file.
• TGA_DATA_READ reads the data of a TGA file.
• TGA_DATA_WRITE writes the data of a TGA file.
• TGA_READ reads a TGA file.
• U_CHAR_READ reads an unsigned char from a file.
• U_CHAR_WRITE writes an unsigned char to a file.
• U_LONG_INT_READ reads an unsigned long int from a file.
• U_LONG_INT_WRITE writes an unsigned long int to a file.
• U_SHORT_INT_READ reads an unsigned short int from a file.
• U_SHORT_INT_WRITE writes an unsigned short int to a file.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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