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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: PICT into resource
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Date: 26 Jan 91 03:20:50 GMT
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In article <Ebc7OgK00WBMM2QUZJ@andrew.cmu.edu>, gb2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (George J. Baxter) writes:
> 
> Dear World,
>     I'm trying to load a somewhat complicated (though I believe less
> than 32K) PICT image into a PICT resource to use in a modeless dialog. 
> How the begeebers to I pull it off?  I have managed to do the cut and
> paste routine with PixelPaint Pro. and ResEdit 2.0d3, but it makes it a
> bitmap, and is _VERY_ slow when I call 'DrawPicture'.  So I tried to do
> a cut from MacDraw and paste into ResEdit, but it wouldn't go, same
> result with SuperPaint.  Any suggestions?

It sound like it's drawing the Picture, just slowly, right?

Make sure the bounding rectangle of the PICT matches the rectangle
that your drawing into.  If they're different, COPYBITS will scale
the thing and that can take a far amount of time.

Also, you mention calling DrawPicture.  Why not just use a Picture
item in the DITL.  Then use the ResEdit menu item called "Use Resource
Rectangle" to have it size the item rectangle to be the same as the
native PICT bounds rectangle.

Also, you might want to get RedEdit 2.1.  It's not a beta or development
version like you have and, although not bug free, is much better than
the version you are using.

-- michael


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