saving stuff

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drnmr (Posted 2005) [#1]

how do i save what appears in the command window as a bmp file?

ziggy (Posted 2005) [#2]

mmm... I'm not sure if that's possible

drnmr (Posted 2005) [#3]

sorry... not command, graphics.

FlameDuck (Posted 2005) [#4]

I don't think you can. You can save it as PNG tho'.

drnmr (Posted 2005) [#5]

how do i use savepixmappng to save something the program user creates?

ImaginaryHuman (Posted 2005) [#6]

Make your own BMP saver. The BMP file format is very very simple, you should be able to figure it out. Google for the many programming sites that tell you the format. It's as simple as a little `header` and some data.

ImaginaryHuman (Posted 2005) [#7]

You do GrabPixmap then SavePixmapPNG

tonyg (Posted 2005) [#8]

Didn't you ask the same question here

xlsior (Posted 2005) [#9]

As far as image formats go, BMP is one of the easiest... There are some sub-formats though, depending on whether or not you want to compress the data. Leads to slightly smaller files, but a lot more work.