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From: hpoppe@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Color QuickDraw, PICT2's and the Clipboard
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Date: 31 Jul 89 18:11:10 GMT
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I'm starting my first Color Quickdraw application. I think I understand
the process of creating graphics in a color window: setting up the color
environment with the Color Picker Package and the Palette Manager and
then drawing with the selected colors after calling PMFore(Back)Color, etc.

However, I don't understand how to handle PICTs read from the Clipboard
or a file. How does one set up the palette for the window in which
the picture will be displayed before DrawPicture is called such that one
sees the same colors on screen as when the picture was created? There don't
seem to be any PICT opcodes that set the palette dynamically as the picture
is being processed by DrawPicture. Applications like Powerpoint don't
copy the 'pltt' resource to the Clipboard and there is no place in a
PICT file for one. I can't seem to find a reference to an appropriate
technique in IM-V or the TN or Q&A stacks.

I'm stumped. Would someone please enlighten me?

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