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From: beard@ux1.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Displaying MacPaint Sized Bitmaps in Hypercard
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Date: 22 Sep 88 22:14:59 GMT
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I have written an XCMD, called BitManager, that accepts various commands
such as "Open", "Close", "Display", and "Scroll".  Its purpose is to
display MacPaint files, which are 576 by 720 pixels, too large to fit
on a HyperCard card all at once, and provide scrolling and general utility
to HyperCard.  I wrote this to allow me to use HyperCard as a more or less
general graphics database.  I have also written XCMD's for displaying 
gray level images on a card, but since HyperCard can't process these images
itself, it is less useful.  The limitation to one screen full of graphics
per card makes HyperCard kind of a pain to keep track of graphics that comes
from one of the Paint programs, but I have solved this problem.

What I was wondering was, does anybody have any interest in this XCMD, and
would anybody like to use it in his work?  I'd like to hear from you if so.

Patrick Beard
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
beard@ux1.lbl.gov