Yes, you can. In case of Palm IIIc, it has 8-bit color mode as a default. But in case of all other models except IIIc, you have to set the screen mode for yourself.
Why? - Most applications uses only bi-level(black and white), which helps save resources such as memory. If you use 2-bit instead of 1-bit, it doubles the size of data. - As far as my tests go, the Palm LCDs are not good enough to display 4-level, and 16-level grayscales. I believe the next step after bi-level mode should be 256-color mode, or true-color mode. 4-level, and 16-level grayscales can't be generally used for applications. - Palm recommends to design UIs only with bi-level, and to use grayscale modes only for special purpose. It doesn't have a design guide for UI in 4-, 16-level mode. Kijang Jung SolidStreaming Inc. "Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > If i have an application that needs to display images in 1,2,4 bits of > color, Can i use ScrDisplayMode (or WinScreenMode) to set the screen depth > color to the maximum depth that the device support, and then draw my images > ? > i mean - to set the display depth to 4 bits (or 8) and then draw images > with 1,2 bit color on the display. > i tried it myself, by setting the screen depth to 8, and draw image with 4 > bit color, it's was fine. > so why in the initialize of ANY Palm application there is no such thing - > why do i need to set it myself ? > > Shay > > > > -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
