BMP_TO_PPMA
BMP => ASCII Portable Pixel Map (PPM) Graphics File Conversion

BMP_TO_PPMA is a C++ program which converts a Microsoft BMP file to an ASCII Portable Pixel Map (PPM) file.

Usage:

bmp_to_ppma 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_PPMA is available in a C++ version.

Related Data and Programs:

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

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

PPMA, a file directory which contains a description and examples of ASCII Portable Pixel Map (PPM) files.

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

PPMA_IO, a C++ library which reads or writes 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_ppma.cpp, the source code;

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for BMP_TO_PPMA.
• BMP_TO_PPMA reads a BMP file and writes an ASCII PPM file.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.
• UCMAT_TO_I4MAT converts a UCMAT to an I4MAT.
• UCMAT_VERT_FLIP swaps rows of a UCMAT, to flip it vertically.

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