> Then with that in mind I will go back and look at my code again and see if > I > can figure it out. I have the SAVE function completed for it as it saves > only in the BMP image as RealSoftware wants it to be done so all platforms > can use it. > > So then I should be able to open a pict image and put is into a 'backdrop' > of the canvas then? I even went as far as just creating a new project just > to try and see if i could open pict image in a canvas1.backdrop but it did > not so I am not sure what I am doing wrong. > > Oh, I am doing this in RB555 Pro on a Win XP system. Even though I now use > RB2005r4 Pro Win XP, the program was first created in RB555 Pro so I am > trying to fix it in there as well. > > Does RB2005r4 make a difference as viewing pict images over the older RB555 > Pro?
No I don't think so. I did the alphas of my program that does this was also on 555 and it worked there so there must be something funky going on with your code. Post some code or send it to me off line if you want and Ill see if I can spot something. By all rights this works for me. Just to be sure; you have a Mac generated pict file and you want to have your RB program display the file on a Win app. Right? Im not too sure what the save portion you talk about has to do with it. Backdrop, Im not sure - I stay away from backdrops unless its actually a backdrop. The thing I do know is that I can display Mac OSX generated picts on Win with my app - granted they vary in quality when scaled down (go figure.. Huh?) and seem to better when scaled up - or just good when at their native size. If you open the picture, RB uses QT to get the picture and then you make a new window or canvas at the read size of the image and paint it - it should come in nice. It took me a while to realize that QT was 'opening' the picts in their 'own' sized window. By this I mean that if you have a variety of OSX picts, notice that when opened in QT via the explorer that they all look great - sized according to the size of the pict - this is very apparent when dealing with vector picts...I know/suspect now that it is due to QT opening them in their native aspect ratio and rasterizing them vectors or not. I hope this makes some sense...I have been working on a Win pict parser on the back burner - this would solve the issue once and for all for me but it is a bit more than I want to do especially since pict is all but dead. HTH, -seanA _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
