.FRM File Extension

You will most likely only encounter MySQL FRM files if you are a database architect or developer configuring the MySQL data storage backend of an application. The files are created in the same directory that represents the database to which the tables they are storing formatting information for belong.

FRM files are not meant to be manually opened. Instead, they are referenced by MySQL to format each table in a database.

FRM files are saved along with an .MYD file, which contains the actual data stored in the database. Both files are necessary for MySQL to recognize the database. If the MySQL database uses MyISAM tables, an .MYI file is also used and required.

There are some instances when data in a MySQL database is lost or becomes corrupt. Utilities like Aryson MySQL Database Repair may be used to recover or repair the FRM files that store the lost formatting information.

NOTE: FRM is short for "FoRMat."

To view your forms, select Setup → Customize Forms and choose the form you'd like to view. To customize forms from the view window, select "Customize," make your edits, select "Save Form" or "Save Form As," name the form, and click OK. The customized form will be saved in you "Custom Forms" folder.

An image frame, which is contained in an FRM file, is an unpaletted 256-color image. Each frame has a corresponding .PAL palette file that provides color for the image or animation.

The 3 starting characters in the game are pre-made and each character has a corresponding FRM, .GCD, and .BIO file. These files are all located in the "premade" folder.

NOTE: Fallout 1 and 2 were originally developed by Interplay and Black Isle Studios but Bethesda Softworks acquired the rights.

You can only open an FRM file with ADL Software ADLForms in Windows. To open an FRM file, select File → Open.

ADLForms can convert an FRM file to the Portable Document Format (PDF file) and the ADLForms Template Format (FRT file). To convert an FRM file, select File → Save as PDF or Save As Template.

To create a FRM file, select File → New... and choose the "Movie With" option. A Frame Stacks floating palette will appear, which can be used to navigate between the frames and to preview the animation.

FRM files can be exported to QuickTime movies (.MOV files) as well as animated .GIF files.