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From: oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Pixmaps In Pict's
Message-ID: <21812@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 24 Nov 90 05:41:43 GMT
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To get a pixmap into a PICT you just do a CopyBits between
OpenPicture() ClosePicture() calls. The secret is, the current port for
all this must be a color grafport. The easiest way to get a color grafport
is just add the appropriate resource to your program (assuming you
create your windows with GetNewWindow() or GetNewDialog()).
a sample 'wctb' resource looks like this:
resource 'wctb' (129) {
	0x0,
	0,
	{	/* array ColorSpec: 0 elements */
	}
};
or in RMaker
Type wctb=GNRL
	, 129
.H
00 00 00 00 00 00

use dctb for dialogs. Watch out for the following: GetNewWindow and
GetNewDialog do nothing with palettes, while GetNewCWindow grabs the
palette automatically. As always, do a ClipRect(&thePort->portRect);
before recording a picture, since the default clip will overflow to the
emptyRect on playback. And watch out got clipping in general when you use
this technique.
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