RE: Display Picture.
Sam wrote:
>
> euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > Hello Sam,
> >
> > read_bitmap( ) can only read in 256 color images and cannot handle RLE
> > encoded images.
> >
> > Personally I use 256 color images because there is a good chance that
> > later down the
> > road in your development you will be pressed with having to have the
> > ability to to
> > run or display your program on a computer that isnt equiped with
> > hardware to handle
> > any higher resolution that 640 width - 480 height - 256 colors. You
> > should keep this in
> > mind when you start a project by asking who your target audience will
> > be. If its an desktop
> > application for business this is certain to be an issue. On the other
> > hand, if you're a gamer
> > then high color sure makes for a nice look but there is a penalty that
> > must be paid for
> > the higher color, in speed. If you can hone the talent of the DOS world
> > and there are some
> > nice looking games written that only use 256 colors in DOS then you'll
> > be better off in future endevores.
> >
> > Im saying this because I myself fell into this lazy way of graphics
> > handling and only recently
> > did I discover how Windows handles palettes and this came after writing
> > thousands of lines
> > in a nice GUI only to re-write code due to the very fact that my app
> > would not look or
> > function properly on the lesser machines.
> >
> > Hopefully words of wisdom and if I can help you with this I certainly
> > will..
> >
>
> Thanks for the words of wisdom. I made a quick sketch in Paint and saved
>
> it in 256 format. Still get message `attempt to subscript an atom.' And
> the `Bitmap' demo displayed it with only the bottom portion showing.
>
> What do you think?? Is there a way to display other pictures (.jpg,
> .gif)??
>
There are libraries in the RDS archives for handling jpg, gif, and pcx
files that I know of. Probably others.
Chris
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