Amiga-C (56/157)

From:Elena
Date:13 Sep 2001 at 16:27:19
Subject:[amiga-c] Re: DataTypes in 15/16 bits

Hello Gunther and others

>> I have checked this Ralph's picture.datatype and PDTA_BitMap, PDTA_DestBitMap
>> and PDTA_ClassBitMap attributes can be read immediately after NewDTObjectA(),
>> not only after DTM_PROCLAYOUT...
>
> Exactly this behaviour causes so much confusion. I don't know whether this
> is a "bug".

that's not really a bug but an unhappy incompatibility matter.
The main difference between CGX and AINC pdts is that the first uses a
bitmap as internal buffer, the latter uses an internal raw array as
data buffer instead, and has NO BITMAP at all until you do PDTM_PROCLAYOUT.

Regards,
Elena

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