At 12:48 PM 8/1/2000, Tilo Christ wrote:
>I am using Code Warrior Lite w/ the PalmOS SDK 3.5 and the latest
>Constructor. This version of constructor supports the creation of Bitmap
>Families. Unfortunately, I am unable to understand what good it is to
>bundle bitmaps together into a family??? Could someone please enlighten
>me?
They allow an appropriate bitmap to be used for the device, according to the color
depth of the display. For example, you might have a 1 bit deep black and white bitmap
and a 2 or 4 bit deep grayscale bitmap for the grayscale devices and an 8 bit deep
color bitmap for color devices such as the IIIc. The operating system will use the
most appropriate bitmap for the display based on the current depth setting. The exact
rules are in the documentation, but most of the time, you can think of it as simply
selecting the bitmap that matches the screen of the device.
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Peter Epstein
Palm Inc. Developer
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