Specifing colour depth of the bitmaps in the .mmp

Thu, 2003-09-04 01:07

Joined: 2003-07-02
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I have ever used bitmaps of 12bpp in the .mbm, except for masks that i have used 1bpp.

But now i have tried to use 8bpp on the normal bitmaps , and i put this on the .mmp:

SOURCE c8 000.bmp 001.bmp 002.bmp 003.bmp

Now i put c8 instead of c12, and it compiles well and all is all right.

But when i use the bmconv tool too see the content of the .mbm generated, it says me that the bitmaps are in 12bpp.I have noticed this because the size of the file in 12bpp is the same as in the 8bpp.

Â¿Why this? Â¿How can i use 8bpp on my bitmaps?

Thanks!

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Fri, 2005-04-22 09:17
mesweetie Joined: 2004-12-23 Forum posts: 239	Hi All I m getting BMCONV unknown compression type. I m trying to convert bitmap to mbm for my application.But my application get failed here.What should I do. Any help/ --------------- Bhatt Kavita - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 09:57
sajuat Joined: 2005-01-24 Forum posts: 58	Hi, may i hav a look at the command u used for converting bmp to mbm..by seeing it i may b able to solve ur problem regs saju "I dont know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." .... Albert Einstein - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 10:06
mesweetie Joined: 2004-12-23 Forum posts: 239	Hi I m not using any command. I m simply tyring to compile app from codewarrior. Thanks --------------- Bhatt Kavita - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 10:30
didster Joined: 2004-07-28 Forum posts: 1379	Whats the START BITMAP statment in the MMP look like? didster - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 11:03
mesweetie Joined: 2004-12-23 Forum posts: 239	hi It seems like this // Creates Mbm file. START BITMAP Tester.mbm HEADER TARGETPATH \system\apps\Tester SOURCEPATH ..\Bitmaps SOURCE c8 test_icon.bmp SOURCE c8 test_icon_mask.bmp END --------------- Bhatt Kavita - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 11:05
didster Joined: 2004-07-28 Forum posts: 1379	And test_icon.bmp and test_icon_mask.bmp really are 8-bit bitmaps? didster - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 11:41
mesweetie Joined: 2004-12-23 Forum posts: 239	hi didster On finding the properties of .bmp i m getting bitdepth of 32 bit. does it affecting any thing. --------------- Bhatt Kavita - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 11:44
sajuat Joined: 2005-01-24 Forum posts: 58	hi, it must be 8Bppp if u r using c8 in bmconv regs saju "I dont know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." .... Albert Einstein - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 11:46
mesweetie Joined: 2004-12-23 Forum posts: 239	hi I have some sample example like simplelist here they are using c12 bmp and on finding its properties i m finding icons bitdepth as 24 .So wht does it mean. It shows no error. If i m wrong ,pls correct me is bitdepth is the same which I m thinking of. --------------- Bhatt Kavita - Report To Moderator -

Fri, 2005-04-22 12:11
sajuat Joined: 2005-01-24 Forum posts: 58	Hi, try it on the command prompt ...and inspect its feedback "I dont know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." .... Albert Einstein - Report To Moderator -