GIFEXE
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
GIFEXE is a DOS utility that converts a GIF image file to an EXE file that, when executed, displays the image. It was developed by Steve Enns, Dan Magosse, and Synergrafix Consulting.
Later versions also have a feature to make a slideshow, from multiple GIF files.
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Format details
The viewer part of a GIFEXE EXE file is compressed with LZEXE. The overlay segment (refer to MS-DOS EXE#Special file positions) contains the original GIF file, followed by a trailer.
Identification
Files made by v1.0, v1.2, or v2.0 end with ASCII "GIFEXE".
Files made by v3.0-4.5 end with these 8 bytes: ASCII "GIFEXE3", then byte 0x00.
Software
- GIFEXE v1.0
- GIFEXE v1.2
- GIFEXE v2.0
- GIFEXE v3.0
- GIFEXE v3.2: Hot Sound & Vision → hotsv/gif/progs/gifexe32.zip
- GIFEXE v4.1 [variant 1993-06-09]: Pain Cave BBS → pain_cave_bbs/Bbsback/8/GIFEXE41.ZIP
- GIFEXE v4.1 [variant 1993-06-12]
- GIFEXE v4.1 [variant 1993-07-20]
- GIFEXE v4.4
- GIFEXE v4.5
Sample files
- moon1a.zip → MOON1.EXE
- TACT538.ZIP → VTITLE.EXE
- FR_VRBS2.ZIP → EIFFEL.EXE
- dexvert samples — image/gifexe
