newbie, bitmap, compression

[vdheiden]

Hi, Newbie Palm programmer here.

I saw that there is an API function for compressing / decompressing bitmaps. The question I'm having is: how do I get a compressed bitmap on a Palm device. Constructor seems to have no compression option for bitmaps. If I want to have compressed bitmaps for my application, do I have to make a PalmOS application to make a resource database and compress the bitmaps on the Palm ? There has to be an easier way...

[schang]

What version of constructor are you using? If you open up a Bitmap Family resource (in version 1.6) , there is a pulldown menu that specifies type of compression to use.

[vdheiden]

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I'm using Constructor v. 1.8 now and saw the feature was included