DBFax can use any bitmap stored in the Pilot resource format.

I've not written any sofware yet to create those databases, but playing with some development tools for the Pilot, you can create a bitmap database.

Lets call Bitmap<n>.BMP the files containing your bitmaps.

• Convert your bitmaps to 2 colors bitmaps
• Create a resource description file containing bitmap resources. Lets call it FaxBMP.rcp
BITMAP 1500 "Bitmap1.bmp"
BITMAP 1501 "Bitmap2.bmp"
...
..
.

The 1500,1501 ... are the resource IDs you want to associate with your bitmaps. You can use the range 1500 to 1999 for those IDs.

• Then run pilrc

PILRC FaxBMP.rcp

You should get some files with the Bin extension. They are the binary resources containing your bitmaps.

• Run build-prc

BUILD-PRC FAXBMP.PRC "FAXBMP" fbmp *.bin    (an icon will appear in the application launch screen)
or
BUILD-PRC -l FAXBMP.PRC "FAXBMP" fbmp *.bin    (the type is set to GLib so no icon will appear in the application launch screen)

This will generate a file called FAXBMP.PRC that you can install on your Pilot.

To use one bitmap in the header, for example you can call your bitmap using the tag

&BMP(FAXBMP,1500)

I'm aware that this process may be complicated but it is very room effective (for the memory required on the Pilot) and can be simplified by a simple program. If anybody wants to write something to make this easier, he is welcome.

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