Moin, moin, ... Helge Ohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sorry, but what's a *.pif file ?? Never worked with Windows ;-) Found on www.wotsit.org >PIF Format >Intel byte order > >Information from File Format List 2.0 by Max Maischein. > >--------!-CONTACT_INFO---------------------- >If you notice any mistakes or omissions, please let me know! It is only >with YOUR help that the list can continue to grow. Please send >all changes to me rather than distributing a modified version of the list. > >This file has been authored in the style of the INTERxxy.* file list >by Ralf Brown, and uses almost the same format. > >Please read the file FILEFMTS.1ST before asking me any questions. You may find >that they have already been addressed. > > Max Maischein > >Max Maischein, 2:244/1106.17 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Corion on [EMAIL PROTECTED] >--------!-DISCLAIMER------------------------ >DISCLAIMER: THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED "AS IS". I verify the information >contained in this list to the best of my ability, but I cannot be held >responsible for any problems caused by use or misuse of the information, >especially for those file formats foreign to the PC, like AMIGA or SUN file >formats. If an information it is marked "guesswork" or undocumented, you >should check it carefully to make sure your program will not break with >an unexpected value (and please let me know whether or not it works >the same way). > >Information marked with "???" is known to be incomplete or guesswork. > >Some file formats were not released by their creators, others are regarded >as proprietary, which means that if your programs deal with them, you might >be looking for trouble. I don't care about this. >-------------------------------------------- > >The Program Information Files have stayed a long time with the PC. They origi- >nated from IBMs Topview, were carried on by DoubleView and DesqView, and today >they are used by Windows and Windows NT. The PIF files store additional >information about executables that are foreign to the running multitasking >system such as ressource usage, keyboard and mouse virtualization and hotkeys. >The original (Topview) PIF had a size of 171h bytes, after that, there come the >various extensions for the different operating environments. The different >extensions are discussed in their own sections. > >OFFSET Count TYPE Description >0000h 1 byte reserved >0001h 1 byte Checksum >0002h 30 char Title for the window >0020h 1 word Maximum memory reserved for program >0022h 1 word Minimum memory reserved for program >0024h 63 char Path and filename of the program >0063h 1 byte 0 - Do not close window on exit > other - Close window on exit >0064h 1 byte Default drive (0=A: ??) >0065h 64 char Default startup directory >00A5h 64 char Parameters for program >00E5h 1 byte Initial screen mode, 0 equals mode 3 ? >00E6h 1 byte Text pages to reserve for program >00E7h 1 byte First interrupt used by program >00E8h 1 byte Last interrupt used by program >00E9h 1 byte Rows on screen >00EAh 1 byte Columns on screen >00EBh 1 byte X position of window >00ECh 1 byte Y position of window >00EDh 1 word System memory ?? whatever >00EFh 64 char ?? Shared program path >012Fh 64 char ?? Shared program data file >016Fh 1 word Program flags > >EXTENSION:PIF,DVP >OCCURENCES:PC >PROGRAMS:Topview, DesqView, Windows >REFERENCE:see DDJ #202, July 1993, QuarterDeck SDK >SEE ALSO:Windows PIF, Windows NT PIF >VALIDATION: kind regards Martin Mewes -- Novacote Flexpack - Division of COIM Deutschland GmbH c/o IT/IS-Department - Hamburg - Germany -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
