Actually, I ALWAYS have my monitor set to MILLIONS of colors (Mac
Powerbook). Someone else told me about some naming scheme in
constructor, and I've got to try that first. -1/-2 or something like
that...
Alan
>Hi Alan,
>
>The problem may be due to a problem in the postlinker which causes bitmaps
>to show up black if you build the app in 16 or 256 colors. The bug is caused
>by palette frying. You may want to try setting your display to thousands of
>colors or greater, remove object code (must!) and rebuild your app,
>hopefully this will resolve the problem.
>
>Rgds,
>Jun-Kiat Lam
>Metrowerks Technical Support
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alan Pinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 3:02 PM
>Subject: Displaying Greyscale Bitmaps...
>
>
> > Hi-
> >
> > I am trying to display greyscale bitmaps in my application, which is
> > a palmcall app of a Palm VII PQA. I would like to display a bitmap in
> > greyscale so as to not break the expectation of the user to see
> > greyscale in a web app. So, I have pasted in a grey bitmap in
> > constructor. The bitmap is set to 4-greys, and it seems to be correct
> > in constructor. Upon palmcall execution, I check the screenmode, and
> > it is in 2-bit mode. Then, I use WinDrawBitmap to draw the bitmap.
> > But the bitmap appears in black & white mode. I am not sure where my
> > plan is breaking down. Here are my thoughts, please let me know if
> > you have more info:
> >
> > 1) Construtor doesn't actually create 2-bit images in the saved files.
> > 2) PalmRez converts 2-bit bitmaps to 1-bit.
> > 3) WinDrawBitmap doesn't currently draw 2-bit bitmaps.
> >
> > I imagine that one of these reasons is the one getting me. Does
> > anyone know which one and what a workaround is?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alan Pinstein
> > Synergy Solutions, Inc.
> > http://www.synsolutions.com
> > 1-800-210-5293
> >
