I found your post but it looked like you were using gDeviceP.
Then I found lots of other posts about that not working. Then I found
suggestions for fixing that and more posts about them no working too :)
Then I found Arrons post, which made sense but for some reason It won't
build because I don't have access old device globals (result = (void
*)win->displayAddrV20;). In any event both of these options (With Arrons
code) to me looked like they were getting a pointer to the bitmap data for
the whole screen.
I couldn't figure out where that was narrowing it down to the region I
wanted specifically. (a Gadget area). Maybe I need to sit down with the
manuals again and re-read the windows section. I'm still confused over the
whole off-screen window thing.
Ron, I was originally thinking your post ment to save the 'path' the pen
took and just recreate the pen, which is NOT what I want to do.
But now I think you meant:
(user draws line from x to y)
Drawline X-Y on main screen
Switch to offscreen window
DrawLine to X-Y again.
Switch back.
Maybe this is the better approach but it doesn't seem effecient to me.
For some reason I just don't believe all the little paint programs out there
and bugme, etc, etc. are doing this. Seems like a hella lotta work if you
support mutilple tools, etc.
So I spent a good bit of time trying to save the entire WindowHandle (or the
data it references) from the SaveBits function and restoring it from a
database. I also struggled there. (Knowing full well that would not work
on older devices).
I fear now that I've made this way more complicated than it needs to be, but
at least I won't get the 'your post is a front runner for most vague of the
month).
-MD
> From: "Fergal Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:18:20 -0000
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Signature++ Revisited (let's beat that horse again)
>
> I don't have the code right here right now - but I did post a snippet
> here that works on all OS's about 12 months ago. Search the archives
> and you should find it.
>
>>
>> I too all of a sudden need a signature capture type gadget
>> that works from 3.0 on up.
>>
>> So.... I'm looking to snag some bits from the screen. I'm
>> at a loss as to why this is so frickin hard :)
<Snip>
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