"Calvin Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:61890@palm-dev-forum:
>
> I have a simple b&w bitmap (273x374 pixels) that I'm trying to paste
> into a bitmap resource with the same dimensions.� The paste works fine
> but when I close the resource window and then open it back up the
> bitmap has been changed to a lot of vertical colored lines and other
> garbage.� The original bitmap is a very simple county map with just the
> outline of the county.� I'm setting the dimensions of the resource and
> the color to b&w (1-bit depth) before I paste the bitmap into the
> resource.�
>
> Other problems with Constructor include crashes when I try to save the
> project and the bitmap resource not opening when I double-click on it.
>
> I've applied Update 1 for Palm OS 3.5 on a machine running WinME.� the
> constructor version is 1.5b7.� On a different machine (Win98) I just
> installed CW 7 (Constructor version 1.5b7) and have similar problems:
> Constructor crashes or won't display the bitmap resource after I've
> closed the bitmap window and try to reopen it.
>
What I've found that works is to save it to the clipboard as a 8-bit color
bitmap, paste this into an 8-bit constructor bitmap, change constructor's
bit setting to 1-bit, and then recolor with current table.
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Todd Walk
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