Thnax a lot Ken for ur detailed response i will be highly thankul if u clear
a few more doubts regarding bitmaps.
1.i have downloaded those 4 files from your ftp site.but can u explain me
what they do.do they do some type of conversions.i have gone thru those
files but could not understand.how to use them
2.in palm os 3.0 the bitmap depth can be 1 bit or 2 bit am i right.can it be
more then that say 4 bit ,24 bit.i have read the description of
scrDisplayMode and i m bit confused
3.can i create a bitmap in the palm without using the resources functions
like FrmNewBitmap and without using any bitmap resource.i want to display
them dynamically.is it possible
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Krugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: bitmaps
> At 12:00am -0700 00-05-26, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote:
> >Subject: bitmaps
> >From: "gaurav palvia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 18:29:00 +0530
> >X-Message-Number: 8
> >
> >what is the format of the bitmap resource in the Palm .Is it the same as
as
> >a.bmp file
> >used in Windows with header and all information .
> >
> > when i take a .bmp file and store all its contents as a bitmap resource
> >.and if i try to display this resource in a Form will it get displayed.
>
> The format of Palm bitmaps is not the same as Windows BMP bitmaps.
> The header file Bitmap.h has information about Palm bitmaps. You can
> also check out the code at <ftp://ftp.transpac.com/bitmaps> for an
> example of manipulating bitmaps.
>
> I think that typically people convert BMP data into Palm bitmaps by
> copying the Windows bitmap data from a paint program, then paste it
> into Constructor. I'm sure there are conversion utilities as well.
>
> -- Ken
>
> Ken Krugler
> TransPac Software, Inc.
> <http://www.transpac.com>
> +1 530-470-9200
>
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