> > 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.
or, if you dont need the family :) BITMAPCOLOR :)
> > 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"
BITMAPCOLOR ID 2001 "8bpp.bmp"
will work too, if you are only running/needing the bitmap on a color
device :) however, most likely, a family will be used. you wont be
limiting your software to only color right? :P
// az
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