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2D All the way! / Load Bitmap

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Magic Marker
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Posted: 20th Nov 2005 12:41
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Am I mising something here?

This Code:
load bitmap "media\Splash.bmp"
print "Hello"

Works. The Bitmap is loaded and displayed on screen.
The word hello appears on top of the Image.

This Code:
load bitmap "media\Splash.bmp", 1
print "Hello"

Doesn't seem to work. I get a blank screen.
My understanding is that the image would be stored in memory
using 1 as an identifier. I can't see why my print statement
doesn't work though.

Any thoughts?

-MM
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Bush Baby
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Posted: 20th Nov 2005 20:13
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Try this:




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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 20th Nov 2005 21:42
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Quote: "This Code:
load bitmap "media\Splash.bmp", 1
print "Hello"

Doesn't seem to work. I get a blank screen.
My understanding is that the image would be stored in memory
using 1 as an identifier. I can't see why my print statement
doesn't work though.

Any thoughts?
"


It's because when you don't specify which bitmap number to use it automatically thinks you want it as bitmap 0. Bitmap 0 is the screen. It's made that way so you can do things on another screen (bitmaps 1 to 32) without the user seeing the changes ... then when your done manipulating the bitmap you can copy it to bitmap 0 to show the changes to the user.
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Magic Marker
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Posted: 21st Nov 2005 11:46
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Sorry I didn't make the problem I was having clear.

I'm trying to load the Bitmap into Memory (not display it).
But be able to use the Print Command.

I'm finding that if I specify a Bitmap number e.g. 1 in the example I posted, then I can't use Print, I just get a blank screen.

If I do a straight forward Load Bitmap without specifying a number, my print command works.

Any idea why I can't print to the screen after Load Bitmap specifying a Bitmap Number?

-MM
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