Scott,
All the resource on the Palm OS Developer Suite (PODS) is documented from
the main Help, look in the
Palm OS Resource Formats
3 XRD Resource Element Reference
Resource Element Reference
Form Resource
Phew!
Now scroll down and look under Form Objects an there is one called
FORM_BITMAP and a link to click on there.
clicking on that link described how to use it, including an example.
It does mean that you have to add it manually (edit the XRD file as text,
it's just and XML file.
I find it's easier to edit that file manually for adding large numbers of
bitmaps and things, rather than using the editor.
Chris Brooks.
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From: "Scott Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Placing a bitmap on a form
> >Are you saying that you don't know how to
> create ANY bmp that can be included in your app?
>
> Pretty much. This is my first time trying to put a bitmap in a app. I
have
> already made an icon for my app with a bitmap, but I have yet to get a
> bitmap in my app. At this point I am using the supplied Resource editor
> (with Palm OS SDK). I have just setup a bitmap resource with the image
> loaded into the editor. What I need help with now is linking that bitmap
to
> a given form such that it will become the background for that form instead
> of the defult white screen.
>
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>
>
> Scott Erickson
> Software Development Team, FB-4, Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> "Robert Moynihan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Scott Erickson wrote:
> >
> >>I need some help with bitmaps! What I am looking to do is have a
> >>backgound bitmap for an application. I want to have it apper on the mai
n
> >>form when the application starts up. I am using the Palm OS Developer
> >>Suite. When I try to find help on this topic, all I can find is how to
do
> >>it using Constructor for Palm OS. It appers that this needs to be used
in
> >>connection when CodeWarrior. I would like to know if there is a way to
do
> >>this using the Palm OS Resource Editor that is a part of the Palm OS
SDK.
> >>
> > What you need to do is to create a bmp resource that can be accessed by
> > your app. You don't have to do this with any particular tool, and there
> > are a number of ways to turn a Win bmp into a Palm bmp resource. I use
> > PilRc to create the bmp resource then link it to my app at compile time.
> > You could even create the bmp in an external pcr file, separate from
your
> > app, and extract the bmp from there to draw on the screen. You would
> > create your background bmp in exactly the same way that you create ANY
bmp
> > to display in your Palm app (other than watching out for the 64k size
> > limitation). Are you saying that you don't know how to create ANY bmp
> > that can be included in your app? I don't use PODS, but the docs ought
to
> > explaing that reasonbly well. Bob.
> >
>
>
>
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