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From: cshotton@buster.irby.com (Chuck Shotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How do you get an SICN from an ICON/ICN# Resource?
Keywords: Resource, Resource Editor, SICN, ICON, ICN#
Message-ID: <625@buster.irby.com>
Date: 8 Jan 90 03:06:56 GMT
References: <132@merrimac.edsdrd.eds.com>
Organization: Buster Irby, Stafford, Tx
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ceg@edsdrd.eds.com (Carlos Galarce) writes:

>Hello fellow netters,

>When editing ICN# resources using the Resource Editor(v1.2), the 
>editor shows a picture of the ICN in its SICN form in under the 
>fatbits area.  

>If it is not possible, does anybody know an algorithm to "shrink" the
>32x32 icon bits into a 16x16 small icon bits.  ResEd does it, so there
>must be one. 

Plot the full-sized ICON to an off-screen bitmap, then use CopyBits with a
16x16 destination Rect to display the bitmap on the screen. Voila! 16x16
version of the ICON, courtesy of CopyBits.