I'm afraid you are out-of-luck, dude...
the header is screwed and the reader can not identify
the form's info.

If you don't mind my asking, how the heck did you{*word*222}this up?

The only way I know of is to open it in a hex editor and take a look there...
Also need a Hex->Decimal calculator...

I will show you how to decipher some of the values...I opened up a DFM
in Notepad and copied the resulting text to a text file. Then I opened the
same file in a Hex Editor and perused the values. I copied the textual values
from opening the dfm in Delphi in text mode...

From the binary DFM: (remember, little-endian)
TPanel                   {$07}    (I think these values determine the nesting)
panBack                  {$04}
Left                     {$02$00$03}             (Value = 0)
Top 4                    {$02$34$05}             (Value = 52)
Width                  {$03$FC$01$06}          (Value = 508 Note:$1FC = 508
decimal)
Height                   {$02$1B$05}             (Value = 27)
Align  alTop             {$07$05alTop$08}        (Value = alTop)
AutoSize                 {$09$08}                (Value = ??)
TabOrder                 {$02$01$07}             (Value = 1)
Visible                  {$08$00$0B}             (Value = 0 = False)
TTabControl              {$04}
tabs                     {$04}
Left                     {$02$01$03}             (Value = 1)
Top                      {$02$01$05}             (Value = 1)
Width                  {$03$FA$01$06}          (Value = 506)
Height                   {$02$19$05}             (Value = 25)
Align  alTop             {$07$05alTop$08}        (Value = alTop)
PopupMenu pmTabControl  {$07$0CpmTabControl$08} (Value = pmTabControl)
TabOrder                 {$02$00$07}             (Value = 0)
Visible                  {$08$0B}                (Value = 0 = False)
OnChange tabsChange      {$07$0A}                (Value = tabsChange)
OnResize tabsResize      {$07$0A}                (Value = tabsResize)

From a textual representation of the DFM:
object panBack: TPanel
  Left = 0
  Top = 52
  Width = 508
  Height = 27
  Align = alTop
  AutoSize = True
  TabOrder = 1
  Visible = False
  object tabs: TTabControl
    Left = 1
    Top = 1
    Width = 506
    Height = 25
    Align = alTop
    PopupMenu = pmTabControl
    TabOrder = 0
    Visible = False
    OnChange = tabsChange
    OnResize = tabsResize
  end
end

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