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- From: aaa@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Simon Fowler)
- Subject: Re: Icon Formats (Was Re: OS/2 Icons)
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:01:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.154707.26088@spock.UUCP> <MSALETNI.92Nov10131051@jade.tufts.edu> <1992Nov12.235021.5571@nas.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Nov12.235021.5571@nas.nasa.gov>, ryan@nas.nasa.gov (James S. Ryan) writes:
- > When editing icons, I find that it is possible to save
- > them in any of a number of different formats, and that
- > many combinations of resolution and number of colors are
- > possible.
- >
- > 3) There is the option of storing the icon in (pardon my faulty
- > memory of the terms) forms such as 1.2, 2.0 and 2.0 packed.
- > a) is 2.0 incompatible with 1.2 systems?
- > b) is 2.0 better than 1.2 for 2.0 systems?
- > c) what is "2.0 packed", and why doesn't that button work?
-
- I'm working with pointers (cursors to windows users). I have found that ICONEDIT under OS/2 1.3
- crashes when I try to read the pointer back in. I tried the ICONEDIT for 2.0 and although it
- saved the pointer, I was unable to access it - the handle returned from the WinLoadPointer
- call was bogus. Unfortunately, Borland's Resource Workshop does not handle pointers for OS/2,
- although it will handle bitmaps and icons. As far as your questions, if you are storing for a
- 2.0 system then I would use the 2.0 format.
-
- simon
-