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DarkBASIC Discussion / Use Bitmaps for Menu's or NOT!

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Zooker
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Posted: 17th Jan 2003 01:25
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I have devised a Menu that use's hardwired Bitmaps for
Menus. I still have the code that created the Bitmaps.
Would I my program run better using the bitmaps or using the code. Can any one tell me the plus's and Minus's both ways?
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Dr DooMer
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Posted: 17th Jan 2003 04:26
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For my menu I'm using a combination of pre-made and run-time generated bitmaps. Things like selection buttons are created by passing a few variables to a function which, after a bit of crunching, gives me a button image. However, certain oddly shaped buttons and large menu headings are pre-made in PSP and then loaded from the harddrive.

The plus of generating them as you need them with a function is that changes can be made merely by altering a single parameter. The downside is, they take a relatively long time to be created, which is a problem when there's a lot of them. Of course, it also cuts down on the size of your program.

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Zooker
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Posted: 18th Jan 2003 01:31
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Thanx

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