> > I tried MC 2.3B1 and whilst this does support painting, it also
> > disrupts my current project. For example, I simulate the use of
> > Netscape on an intranet and in one example a pseudo Netscape frame
> > border displays nicely in MC 2.2.5 but is transparent in MC 2.3B1!
>
>Sounds like a bug, or at least an incompatibility. You should send in
>a bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED], including your stack (or a
>subset of it) that shows the problem if possible.
Tricky, the screens involved contain very sensitive information which
I can't show anyone. Unfortunately I'm on a very tight deadline and
so don't have time at present to make a 'neutral' version that I can
distribute and that will demonstrate the bug. I'll try to find time
to do so once the dust has settled on this project.
> > To be honest, trying to paint over a tiny cursor design using the
> > paint tools (in MC 2.3B1) without any form of zoom is rather
> > torturous to say the least!
>
>That's why it has one: control-click (command-click on MacOS) opens a
>magnifier window.
Ah - I couldn't find a reference to that in the help index - I tried
searching for 'zoom' an 'magnify' but got no hits and so assumed the
feature was missing!
> > Is there no way of preparing an external image prior to importing
> > that would ensure the right use of black & white? I have a fairly
> > comprehensive set of graphics tools for Mac & PC, surely something
> > can be done without having to 'paint' over the cursor designs??
>
>It's possible, just not easy. Most graphics packages fill the entire
>256 color colormap in a GIF image with bogus colors. You can tell if
>yours does this with "put the colors of image 1" after importing an
>image. If the result is three lines long (0,0,0 and 255,255,255 and
>some other color that's transparent), you've got a image that will
>work as a cursor. Otherwise, you'll have to paint on the image to
>enable MetaCard's built-in color counting system to digest the
>colormap down to what is actually required.
OK, thanks for the tip, I'll take a look. GraphicConverter on the
Mac is pretty good with colour maps and I have several other tools I
could try, so I'll do some experimenting.
> Regards,
> Scott
Best regards
Peter
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