> From: Nullife
> Yet Another Newbie: I'm using paint to make a red on white
> bitmap that is 12x12 pixels. I use a Visor, so it supports color.
> When I use MS Paint, I have tried every output type, 16bit, 256bit,
> 24gazillion, etc and yet I get B&W onscreen.
You must be creating a BITMAP instead of a BITMAPFAMILY. On the Palm OS,
you need to use a Bitmap Family to create a color bitmap. When you display
the bitmap family, the OS picks the bitmap that corresponds most closely to
the current bit depth of the device.
>
> Q1: If I don't have "constructor", but I have "pilrc", can I
> use MS Paint bitmaps?
>
Yes. For PilRC, the syntax is:
BITMAPFAMILY [<ResType.s>] ID <BitmapResourceId.n>
<BitmapFileName.s> ... <BitmapFileName.s>
[NOCOLORTABLE] [COLORTABLE]
[TRANSPARENT r g b] [TRANSPARENTINDEX index]
[NOCOMPRESS] [COMPRESS] [FORCECOMPRESS]
For example,
BITMAPFAMILY ID 2001 "1bpp.bmp" "2bpp.bmp" "4bpp.bmp" "8bpp.bmp" "16bpp.bmp"
>
> Q2: Since they're small, can I make an image somehow, like the fonts?
>
Use MS Paint to create the bitmaps. (Or use something else if you have some
other favorite graphics editor.)
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