> > I also noticed that PilRC allows you to specify a transparent color for 8 > > bit color images and for bitmap families. It appears that this is not useful > > for 4 bit mode. Is it really the case that I must go back to using a > > separate mask image to achieve image transparency in 4 bit drawing mode? Or > > is it still possible somehow to specify a trnsparent gray level? > > IIRC it is not possible. You could of course patch pilrc to include the > transparency information for grayscale, too. I did this once and IIRC it > worked, though I am not sure how much this is compatible for all devices > 8-)
Constructor does support transparency in greyscale, so there is no limitation inherent in the Palm. I think 1-bit works too, although I never got it to work very successfully... Matt -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
