BMP_TO_PPMA
BMP => PPMA Graphics File Conversion

BMP_TO_PPMA is a C++ program which converts a Microsoft BMP file to an ASCII PPM file.

Usage:

bmp_to_ppma file.bmp file.ppma

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

Related Data and Programs:

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

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

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

PPMA_TO_BMP converts PPMA files to BMP files.

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

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.C, the source code;
• bmp_to_ppma.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 BMP_TO_PPMA.
• BMP_TO_PPMA reads a BMP file and writes a PPMA 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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