All BBC programs to be used by an emulator should be stored as disk
images (or archives) or rom images.
Disk images should have the extension '.ssd', '.img' (single sided), '.dsd' (double sided) or '.adf' (ADFS format). BeebEF also supports the standard archive format (*.zip, containing *.inf files) and the universal emulator format (*.uef), although these are formally not disk images. See the emulator tips page for information about the use of the standard archive format.
Rom images should have the extension '.rom'.
To set up a new program for use with BeebEF, select 'Programs|New' from the main screen, or press the 'New program' button on the tool bar. Program setups can be edited by selecting 'Programs|Edit' or the 'Edit program' button. They can be deleted by selecting 'Programs|Delete' or the 'Delete program' button.
Program setups are added and edited in the following window, which contains two tab pages.
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If a program is selected in the main BeebEF window, a picture of the program can be shown on the first tab page ('Picture'). The name of the picture file is not selected in the programs window, discussed here. Instead, the picture file should have the same path and file name as the program, with the extension replaced by '.jpg'. (Only JPEG files are accepted.) So, for example, if a disk image name is 'C:\BBC\Software\Acornsoft\Snapper.ssd', the associated picture file name should be 'C:\BBC\Software\Acornsoft\Snapper.jpg'.
Similarly, a box cover image can be shown on the second tab page ('Box cover'). This image is a file with the string '-box.jpg' added to the program file name without the extension. So, for example, if a disk image name is 'C:\BBC\Software\Acornsoft\Snapper.ssd', the associated box cover image file name should be 'C:\BBC\Software\Acornsoft\Snapper-box.jpg'.