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abm file???

Does anyone know what kind of program I need to open a file with an .abm extension? It's supposed to be some kind of picture album file. Can this program be downloaded?

scarng

ABM is used for playing animations in ABM-format using VESA BIOS.

It's very simple, you just combine several BMP's of same size and color-depth (by typing copy /b *.bmp anim.abm ). It means that every BMP-file can be displayed as an ABM-animation of one frame.

ABM-viewer allows you to scroll across wide images using the mouse, switch between video modes, stopping, rewinding,.. the animation, as well as running it in a "ping-pong" mode, which is useful for viewing morphs.
Its disadvantage is that the whole animation has to fit to XMS memory.

http://www.marmoset.net/~oto/eng/util.htm

Mach1pro

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scarng
After looking at your link, I don't think that this abm file is of the same source program as the one mentioned. But of course I can't be sure since there was no way to download the one from the link that you supplied.

scarng

I fired off an email to the author. Will post when I get a reply. In the meantime, I will look for the program in archvies and elsewhere .

Sorry.

Asta Cu

ABM - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Audio+album+file%22&btnG=Google+Search

Asta Cu

In the above, found this link associated with that file type:
http://arcsoft.com/

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Mach1pro

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The file did have PALM in the beginning. I downloaded the trial from the link you provided and it opened the album which turned out to be thumbnail references to jpg files that weren't sent to me.

Jeff_2

Thanks for the points, Mach1pro !

Thanks also to astaec -
I couldn't have done it without your help!

- Jeff

Asta Cu

So happy you were helped.
":0) Asta