Windows Undocumented File Formats - Working Inside 16- And 32- Bit Windows

This book, we feel, is a long time in coming. Before we started reverse-engineering file formats, we would go through bookstores looking for just this book. We neverfound it, obviously. The reason we began reverse-engineering file formats had less to do with a need for the information as it had to do with a curiosity about them. Were just the kind of people that like to know how everything works.Youre looking at a .MRB file and wondering, Why doesnt Microsoft document this stuff? Youre reaching for the phone. STOP! Read Windows Undocumented File Formats instead - we give you all the information you need to tackle the most common Windows file. You're looking at a .MRB file and wondering, 'Why doesn't Microsoft document this stuff?' You're reaching for the phone. STOP! Read Windows Undocumented File Formats instead - we give you all the information you need to tackle the most common Windows file Optimize files and improve your programs with this no-holds-barred look at: .MRB, .SHG, .HLP, .ANN, .BMK, COMPRESS.EXE, EXPAND.EXE, & LZEXPAND.DLL files among many others This is a reference for improving on standard Windows tools. The book enables readers to: optimize file handling, manipulate bitmaps and access compression routines. It should be particularly useful to tool developers, multimedia developers and graphic tool developers.