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- From: cvadrtbc@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
- Subject: Re: Question: Using bitmaps for Background/Lockup
- Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
- References: <1992Jul22.155239.29529@pony.Ingres.COM> <1992Jul22.162831.5880@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Jul25.145244.11404@jpradley.jpr.com>
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 06:20:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul25.145244.11404@jpradley.jpr.com>, grumpy@jpradley.UUCP (Jeff Markel) writes...
- >The best way I've found to make bmps from gifs is to run vpic or cshow in a
- >windowed DOS VDM, mark and then copy the entire image to the clipboard,
- >and then paste the image back into the icon editor. File it as an OS/2
- >bmp, and then save it in \OS2\BITMAPS. Voila, a new background bmp!
- >
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- How do you PASTE into the Icon Editor? I can't get it to paste, there is
- no Paste option in the Icon Editor and whenever I try to copy it from
- the clipboard, it doesn't work! Thanks!
-
- Srikanth
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