ben@rover.bsd.uchicago.edu (03/09/89)
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN CONVERT THE "RESOURCE" TYPE PICT INTO SOMETHING THAT I CAN READ WITH MAC PAINT OR DRAW OR SOMETHING IS THERE A WAY TO DO THIS ???? THANKS BEN HERMAN SORRY ABOUT THE LOOKS OF THIS ARTICLEW
jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu (Nick Jackiw) (03/10/89)
In article <2194@tank.uchicago.edu> ben@rover.bsd.uchicago.edu writes: > > I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN CONVERT THE "RESOURCE" TYPE PICT INTO > SOMETHING THAT I CAN READ WITH MAC PAINT OR DRAW OR SOMETHING IS THERE A WAY > TO DO THIS ???? > > BEN HERMAN Go into ResEdit, open the file with the PICT resource, COPY that resource onto the Clipboard; go into MacPaint, paste the PICT; and save it. (This method also works with MacDraw!) Or do you need to write a PROGRAM to do it? If so, figure out how big the PICT's enclosing rect is (thePic^^.frame, or something like that). Allocate an offscreen bitmap big enough to hold that rectangle at the desired screen depth. SetPortBits() to your bitmap. EraseRect the entire thing (unless you allocated it with pre-zeroing); then DrawPicture(thePic). Now you have a bitmap version of the Picture instead of a Quickdraw version of it. TechNote#86 describes how to save this in a MacPaint compatible format. Hope this helps. -- +-------------------+-jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu / !rutgers!bpa!swatsun!jackiw-+ | nicholas jackiw | jackiw%campus.swarthmore.edu@swarthmr.bitnet | +-------------------+-VGP/MathDept/Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081--+ "Ah...I've got this CHRONIC pain." _True Believer_