WhatFormat v1.2. Freeware.



What is it:

You can't always see from a filename's extension what actual
format is used. Sometimes the same extension is used for 
different formats, one extension can be used for different versions 
or often a file simply has a wrong extension.
The first bytes of a file may contain information of what format 
is used. WhatFormat looks at these bytes and makes a guess of the 
format this file may have. 
To give you an idea, this version should recognize the formats of 
the following extensions: 
ai, ani, ann, arc, arj, avi, bga, cal, cdr, clp, cmx, cnt, cur, cut, 
dif, doc, drw, dxf, emf, eps, evy, fft, fit, fts, gem, gif, grp, hlp, 
gid, htm, ico, iff, img, jif, jpg, lbm, lnk, mdb, mid, msp, pbm, pcx, 
pfb, pgm, pic, plt, png, ppm, psd, pwl, ras, reg, rif, rle, rtf, sam, 
scd, sct, slk, tga, tif, ttf, voc, wav, wdb, wk1, wk3, wk4, wks, wmf, 
wps, wq1, wri, wvl, xls and zip.
You may also use WhatFormat to try to examine these *.bak files or 
these *.chk or *._dd files made by respectively Chkdsk and Norton 
Disk Doctor.


What do you need:

* At least a 386 PC.
* Windows 3.1 or higher.
* vbrun300.dll in your \windows\system directory.


How to use:

Start whatfmt.exe. You will see a window that looks a bit similar as the
'file open' dialog-boxes that you are used using Windows. Click at a 
filename and WhatFormat tries to identify the format that is used. If
it recognizes it, it shows a description of the format together with
the extension(s) that the file should have. 
It also looks at the filename's extension and if it knows it, it 
tells something about that extension. 


What's new in v1.2:

* Should know dwg, fcd, lzh, pdf, pma, rar, sys and uc2. 
* Better recognition of HTML and Mid files.
* Added many extension descriptions.


More info:

The newest version can be downloaded from:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~joz/whatfmt.html

More extensions and some of their possible viewers at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~joz/ext.html

If you have any comments, tips etc. please e-mail me:
joz@xs4all.nl

© 1998 J. Zwart