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From: paulg@bhpmrl.oz.au (Paul Gallagher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Pictures in exe file
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Date: 17 Apr 91 12:06:28 GMT
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Nothing like having an impressive sign-on screen flash up on the
screen almost immediatley is there?

(NB: I'm using Turbo Pascal) One way to achieve this is to use
BINOBJ, BGIOBJ or similar to convert an image file into a *.OBJ,
then link it into your program:

     procedure pic1; external;
     {$L pic1.obj}

*** code was done from memory - hope its correct
Just make sure the public name matches the declaration.
You can then address the picture data as an offset to @pic1.

The only worry you may have is that when dealing with EGA/VGA
screens your EXE will grow tremendously - resolution dependant of course.
If you're just talking text screens though, at 4k a pop you can afford to
link in enough to keep the entire application flying along.

btw, if you're using graphic screens, the other decision you need to make
is whether to link a compressed (PCX,GIF etc) or uncompressed image.
The trade-off is basically EXE size v. speed - as usual.

Regards,
Paul Gallagher

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