Cool! Thanks Ben! I'll check out that example. -- Chris
"Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > At 10:18 AM 5/14/2004, you wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Does anyone know if it is possible to call BmpCreate to create a bitmap, and > >then set the owner of that bitmap to 0 so that the entire bitmap does not > >get freed by the system when you exit your app? Simply setting the owner of > >the return value (the BitmapPtr) does not appear to be enough, since I > >assume that there is memory allocated for the actual bitmap data somewhere > >else. > > > >I tried calling BmpGetBits and setting the owner of that pointer to 0, but > >that results in an "invalid chunk" error. > > Chris, I'd use the code in the BitmapRsrc example to create your bitmap > using your own structures, with your own heap allocation calls. Then you > should be able to set the owner without any problems. Of course, setting > the owner to keep chunks around won't work in Palm OS Cobalt, since each > process has its own heap. > > http://kb.palmsource.com/cgi-bin/palmsource.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=341 > > > -- Ben Combee, DTS technical lead, PalmSource, Inc. > Read "Combee on Palm OS" at http://palmos.combee.net/ > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
