Archive for January 16th, 2007
The FRM File Specification
The .FRM file used in Visual Basic is saved as an ASCII text file containing the details of all the controls that are placed on the form, and the Menu details if any on the form, and of course the Basic code that you can see in the Code section.
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Into BMP Format creating ASCII Art
In my post Into BMP Format creating Excel Art I described handling 24-bit BMP files. Handling 1-bit BMP files is a bit different in way that instead of each pixel taking multiple bytes, here a single byte contains data of 8 pixels. The application for these type of bitmaps I found was in creating ASCII Arts, which I used for creating the Splash screns for my dBASE propjects and Desktop screen for FoxPro projects. Now that Windows applications have found place everywhere, these are of no use, that’s why I am posting this in FlashBack category.
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