OS/2 Pointer

File Format
Name	OS/2 Pointer
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics OS/2 Pointer
Extension(s)	.ptr

OS/2 Pointer is a cursor graphics format related to OS/2 BMP. It is a member of the OS/2 bitmap family of formats. It is very similar to OS/2 Icon format.

Some Pointer files use the OS/2 Bitmap Array container format, though this does not seem to be very common.

Identification

An OS/2 Pointer file may begin with ASCII characters "CP" (color), or "PT" (bi-level).

Or, it may begin with "BA" (see OS/2 Bitmap Array), and have "CP" or "PT" at offset 14.

Specifications

• OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Guide, Vol III

Software

• Deark

Sample files

• OS/2 BBS Files Archive → 25-Icons.zip
• http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/CURSORS/
• Some pointer sets can be found at http://kimludvigsen.dk/os2/os2/graphx/index.php
• prak1.rar
• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/os2Pointer/

Links

• OS/2 Bitmap File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats